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June 2016

The We Need Diverse Books YA Short Story Contestweneeddiversebooks.org

Calling all emerging authors: Submit to the @weneeddiversebooks YA Short Story Contest this July! 

Jun 30, 2016 11 notes
#CBCDiversity #wndb #weneeddiversebooks #yalit #contest #publishing #writing
My Socioeconomic Diversity Wish List

Contributed by Nikki Garcia, assistant editor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Six months ago, I wrote a post for the CBC Diversity blog discussing socioeconomic diversity and my personal struggles with financial security as a child. I wish there were more children’s books when I was growing up that didn’t make me feel different. So for this post, I want to name some books that are showing young readers a different economic view—a view through a different but important lens. Because you just never know who is struggling to make ends meet.

Here is my book wish list for my younger self:

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Jun 30, 2016 4 notes
#Guest Post #Contributed by Nikki Garcia #socioeconomics #cbcdiversity #Children's Book Council #WNDB #weneeddiversebooks #last stop on market street #those shoes #crenshaw #minna's patchwork coat #sorta like a rockstar #tell us we're home
Bookish and Proud: Literary LGBT Pride Month Flag | Bookishbookish.com

Let your rainbow flag fly! @bookish

Jun 28, 2016 8 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #lgbtqia #pride month #rainbow #gay pride #book covers #publishing #kidlit #yalit #mglit
Celebrating Diversity at ALA: Recommended Titlesthebrownbookshelf.com

Last week at ALA, The Brown Bookshelf shared favorite children’s books created by African Americans.

Jun 27, 2016 4 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #ALA Annual #ALA #brown bookshelf #kidlit #booklists
The books world is a massive diversity fail – here's how we change ittheguardian.com

“It’s only a start, and there’s a long way to go, but [diverse storytelling] is happening.”

Jun 23, 2016 2 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #publishing #kidlit #yalit #mglit #picturebooks #international lit #poc #lgbtqia #mental health
A Festival For Mixed-Race Storytellers — And Everyone Else, Toonpr.org

‘Our greatest goal is for people to recognize that the mixed experience is very much the American experience.” @nprcodeswitch @npr

Jun 22, 2016 11 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #biracial #race #poc #mixed remised #festivals #kidlit
Book Spotlight: This Kid Can Fly: It’s About Ability, Not Disability by Aaron Philip with Tonya Bolden

Contributed by Donna Bray, Vice President, Co-Publisher of Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins Publishers

“How many people with disabilities work here?”

This was one of the first questions young author Aaron Philip asked our staff when he and his family arrived at the HarperCollins offices to meet us. We all looked around uncomfortably, because the answer is that we work with few to no disabled employees. Aaron went on to speak passionately about the invisibility he and other people with cerebral palsy – and many wheelchair users – often feel when they rarely see themselves represented in the workplace, in television and films, in books, in the news. Aaron is ambitious – he wants a life and a career in the world. But where are his models? This discussion inspired and has stayed with me, and has made me especially glad to be able to contribute to bringing visibility to disability with the publication of This Kid Can Fly.

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Jun 22, 2016 6 notes
#Guest Post #Book Spotlight #this kid can fly #aaron philip #tonya bolden #contributed by Donna Bray #balzer+bray #disability in kidlit #cbcdiversity #Children's Book Council #weneeddiversebooks #WNDB #aaronverse
Jun 22, 2016 3 notes
#CBCDiversity #DrawingDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #city shapes #diana murray #bryan collier #poc #kidlit #kidlitart
20 Books Featuring Diverse Characters to Inspire Connection and Empathyww2.kqed.org

Books that provide windows and mirrors to young readers! @kqedofficial

Jun 21, 2016 7 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #book list #windows and mirrors #kidlit #picture books #kidlitart #mglit #yalit #san francisco public library
ABA Responds to Sunday’s Tragic Events in Orlando | American Booksellers Associationbookweb.org

“It is our belief that intolerance and violence have no place in America. During these trying days for the entire country, as always, bookstores stand ready to serve as community resources for information as well as gathering places where people can gain strength from being together and sharing their thoughts and emotions.” via the American Booksellers Association

Jun 17, 2016 1 note
#CBCDiversity #orlando #lgbtqia #american booksellers association #bookstores
Jazz Jennings Named Read Proud Listen Proud Author Ambassadoradweek.com

Jazz Jennings has been appointed author ambassador of Read Proud Listen Proud! @galleycat

Jun 16, 2016 5 notes
#CBCDiversity #wndb #weneeddiversebooks #jazz jennings #lgbtqia #read proud listen proud #audiobooks #kidlit #yalit
Carrying On After Orlando

Contributed by Ashley Woodfolk, Marketing Manager, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

Weeks ago, when I signed up for a guest post in June, I had planned it to be a celebration of Pride month. I had planned to do a round-up of all my favorite YA novels that feature LGBTIA plus characters, like Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, I’ll Give You the Sun, Carry On, and Ask the Passengers. But I can’t write light-heartedly about how I love Simon Vs. The Homosapien Agenda almost as much as I love Oreos, or how Boy Meets Boy was the first book that made me really think about the things I’d been raised to believe, because 49 people senselessly died this month just because of where they were and who they love, and writing about books feels embarrassingly insignificant, if not completely impossible.

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Jun 16, 2016 26 notes
#lgtbqia+ #orlando #aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe #i’ll give you the sun #ask the passengers #simon vs. the homosapien agenda #boy meets boy #the miseducation of cameron post #the raven cycle #not otherwise specified #None of the Above #if i was your girl #a + e 4ever #Guest Post #Contributed by Ashley Woodfolk #cbcdiversity #children's book council #weneeddiversebooks #WNDB
Reality Scoop: Depression in Young Adult Literature - The Hubyalsa.ala.org

Contemporary YA with a mental health focus. @yalsacl-blog

Jun 15, 2016 6 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #mental health #depression #suicide #bipolar disorder #yalit #teens
Jun 15, 2016 2 notes
#CBCDiversity #DrawingDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #yasmeen ismail #i'm a girl #gender #stereotypes #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Favorite Young Adult Fiction About Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Girlsmalindalo.tumblr.com

Celebrate Pride Month with this book roundup from @malindalo!

Jun 14, 2016 4 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #LGBTQ #pride month #feminism #yalit #book list
http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2016/06/08/the-global-literature-in-libraries-initiative/yalsa.ala.org

“If adult readers willingly embrace books in translation, why are our teens and their younger siblings still stuck at home?” @yalsacl-blog

Jun 13, 2016 1 note
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #translation #international lit #foreign language #kidlit #yalit #publishing #libraries
A House Built By Many

Contributed by Alyssa Mito Pusey, Senior Editor, Charlesbridge

“Every single day,” Michelle Obama told the graduating class at the City College in New York, “I wake up in a house that was built by slaves.”

She’s right; the White House was built in large part by slaves, along with freed black men and immigrants from Scotland and Ireland. So why did I edit a book called The House That George Built? As Allie Jane Bruce points out in a recent blog post on Reading While White, the book privileges white perspective and glosses over the contributions of slaves.

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Jun 13, 2016 39 notes
#Guest Post #Contributed by Alyssa Mito Pusey #Charlesbridge #publishing professionals #Allie Jane Bruce #reading while white #Editing #Diversity in children's literature #CBCDiversity #Children's Book Council #weneeddiversebooks #WNDB
Jun 13, 2016 5 notes
#CBCDiversity #DrawingDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #ada's violin #susan hood #sally wern comport #kidlit #kidlitart #picture books #music #international #paraguay #recycling #environmentalism
Women in Comics: Stories of Summer - The Hubyalsa.ala.org

Celebrate the start of summer with these female-centric comics! @yalsacl-blog

Jun 10, 2016 1 note
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #women in comics #graphic novels #yalit #kidlit #mglit #kidlitart #summer #summer camp #vacation #gender #feminism
J.K. Rowling Shut Down The “Bunch Of Racists” Who Told Her Hermione...buzzfeed.com

On the casting of a black actor as Hermione in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. @buzzfeed

Jun 9, 2016 11 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #harry potter #harry potter and the cursed child #Noma Dumezweni #jk rowling #race bending #poc #kidlit #social media #fandom
“Frog and Toad”: An Amphibious Celebration of Same-Sex Love - The New Yorkernewyorker.com

Reading Arnold Lobel’s beloved series through an LGBTQ lens. @thenewyorkerpics

Jun 8, 2016 6 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #arnold lobel #frog and toad #lgbtqia #kidlit #kidlitart #classic #picture books
Reading the Cultural Revolution

Contributed by Faye Bi, Senior Publicist,  Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution in China, which historians agree took place 1966-1976. Many Western media outlets were quick to provide retrospectives (see: The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian, CNN, and The Atlantic), but up until recently, it represented a huge gap in my historical knowledge, despite being born to two Chinese immigrant parents. This colossal historical event that caused nearly 2-30 million deaths (depending on whom you ask) was barely touched on in my formal education; China was nowhere near its current economic prowess when I was a kid, not important enough to be put under the international spotlight until now.

My parents, who arrived in Canada in 1989 with an infant-me in tow, were tight-lipped about their life in China beforehand. They were born in 1960, young children who came of age during the Cultural Revolution under conditions of which I was blissfully unaware. There were clues, of course—we lived a frugal life on my father’s Ph.D. stipend, and I was taught from an early age not to waste food. Education was highly prized, and my wardrobe was a steady rotation of homemade clothes, knits, and hand-me-downs. And then there were offhand comments, like, “I would have had to work in the countryside if I hadn’t moved to Canada” from my father, or “My parents sent me away as a baby to live with my grandmother” from my mother. I knew my mother had worked in a shoe factory, on her feet for 12 hours a day, which meant our early weekends selling spring rolls at the flea market for extra cash were pittance.

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Jun 8, 2016 2 notes
#cultural revolution #China #revolution is not a dinner party #Ying Chang Compestine #Guest Post #Contributed by Faye Bi #CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #Children's Book Council #WNDB
Jun 8, 2016 5 notes
#CBCDiversity #DrawingDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #more-igami #dori kleber #g brian karas #kidlit #kidlitart #picture books #asian culture #crafts #origami
Rich in Color | 9 YA picks for LGBT Pride Monthrichincolor.com

Celebrate Pride Month with LGBTQ YA! @richincolor

Jun 7, 2016 89 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #yalit #book lists #lgbtqia #poc #pride month #stonewall jackson #intersectionality
We Need Diverse eBooks Too, Y’know — @fuseeight A Fuse #8 Productionblogs.slj.com

On the need for more diverse e-books! @schoollibraryjournal

Jun 6, 2016 1 note
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #ebooks #publishing #kidlit #mglit #yalit #picturebooks #libraries
Jun 6, 2016 1 note
#CBCDiversity #DrawingDiversity #a stick is an excellent thing #marilyn singer #leuyen pham #kidlit #kidlitart #picture books #multicultural #nature
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylorrollofthunderbook.com

Calling all diverse writers: Submit for the Roll of Thunder Publishing Contest! @weneeddiversebooks @penguinrandomhouse

Jun 3, 2016 8 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #roll of thunder hear my cry #mildred d taylor #kadir nelson #poc #history #publishing #writing #contest
How One Woman Is Helping Black Kids See Themselves In Bookshuffingtonpost.com

“My goal is essentially for children to be able to see themselves in literature. It really makes a world of difference.” @huffingtonpost  

Jun 2, 2016 18 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #just like me #subscription box #kidlit #mglit #picture books #poc #authors of color #publishing #parenting #literacy
Do Americans Hate Foreign Fiction?lithub.com

“This expansive, inclusive worldview, coupled with the community’s dedication and enthusiasm, is what will eventually turn a much-deserved spotlight on translated literature.” via LitHub 

Jun 1, 2016 2 notes
#CBCDiversity #weneeddiversebooks #wndb #translation #international literature #small presses #independent presses #publishing
Jun 1, 2016 3 notes
#CBCDiversity #drawingdiversity #wndb #weneeddiversebooks #pablo and jane #jose domingo #poc #international lit #spain #kidlit #kidlitart
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