Recent news, conferences, events and more from the Diverse BookFinder team.
Lisely Laboy (she/ella) is the project manager at Diverse BookFinder. Lisely holds a master’s degree in Information and Library Sciences from Florida State University and undergraduate degrees from the University of Florida in Sociology and Women’s Studies. She has 10 years of public library experience, including time as a programming librarian for children and teens. […]
Read More… from BIPOC Joy Outdoors – Diverse Books to Combat the ‘Nature Gap’
Every year the American Library Association and various committees from its children (ALSC) and young adult (YALSA) divisions present awards to the very best of youth literature at the Youth Media Awards. The 2023 the awards were announced on January 30th and the Diverse BookFinder is excited to highlight some of the award-winning BIPOC books, […]
Read More… from 2023 Youth Media Awards – BIPOC Representation
We’re gathering all the latest news on diversity in children’s and youth literature and media from around the nation and the world. We’re keeping an eye on the headlines to make sure you’ve got all the latest insights. After all, knowledge is power! Here are some interesting reads from September and October 2022. 10/30/2022: AsAmNews […]
Read More… from News You Can Use: Diversity Headlines – September/October 2022
We’re gathering all the latest news on diversity in children’s and youth literature and media from around the nation and the world. We’re keeping an eye on the headlines to make sure you’ve got all the latest insights. After all, knowledge is power! Here are some interesting reads from July and August 2022. 8/31/2022: Publishers […]
Read More… from News You Can Use: Diversity Headlines – July/August 2022
In our new blog series, we’re gathering all the latest news on diversity in children’s literature and media from around the nation and the world. We’re keeping an eye on the headlines to make sure you’ve got all the latest insights. After all, knowledge is power! Here are some interesting reads from May and June […]
Read More… from News You Can Use – Diversity Headlines – May/June 2022
Lisely Laboy is the project manager at Diverse BookFinder. Lisely holds a master’s degree in Information and Library Sciences from Florida State University and undergraduate degrees from the University of Florida in Sociology and Women’s Studies. She has 10 years of public library experience, including time as a programming librarian for children and teens. War […]
Read More… from Building Empathy with Picture Books: The Refugee Journey
My books tend to explore humanity – emotional, historical, and biographical. The Picture Book Buzz – Interview with Floyd Cooper by Maria Marshall With the passing of illustrator and author Floyd Cooper this month, the children’s books field has lost one of its giants. Reading many of the tributes to him, including “Celebrating Floyd Cooper” […]
As we continue to remember, mourn, and work for change, how do we have conversations with children about racial justice? How do we interrupt the pervasiveness of anti-blackness in our nation, to protect Black and Brown children and to support all children to grow up free from this harm? These picture books by Black authors […]
Read More… from Racial Justice in Picture Books: Countering Anti-Blackness
Note: This post and list of books are focused on East Asian and Southeast Asian representation, in response to recent anti-Asian attacks that have mostly targeted members of these groups as somehow responsible for the spread of the coronavirus. Full representation of Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American identity of course includes portrayals of Central Asians, South Asians, […]
Illustration by Michaela Goade (Tlingit-Haida) from We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom (Anishinabe/Metis; enrolled member, Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe) Note: This summer I read the middle grade novel, Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis (Umpqua) with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation). In the book, ten-year-old Regina, enrolled in the Confederate Tribes of Grand Ronde, […]
Read More… from 9 Ways to Lift Up & Learn from Indigenous Voices
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