CBC DIVERSITY/COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
- Children's literature lacks diversity, say authors, librarians at The Tennessean – includes thoughts from Alvina Ling, Executive Editorial Director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and CBC Diversity Committee Member
ON OUR RADAR
- Kids React Adorably To Cheerios Ad That Sparked Racist Backlash (VIDEO) at the Huffington Post
- Related: The Cheerios ad (VIDEO); an interview (VIDEO) with the young star of the ad and her family about the controversy on MSNBC
- Part IV: Are All Book Covers Created Equal? Bank Street 6th-Graders Talk With Knopf Editors!
- Has ‘Caucasian’ Lost Its Meaning? at the New York Times
- 'Fat Angie' Author Reaches Out to At-Risk Kids at PW – the author has embarked on an At-Risk tour, using her book as a springboard for “conversations with at-risk youngsters, including those who are economically disadvantaged, bullied, and LGBTQ.”
- Community Angered by Tossed Black History Collection at School Library Journal
- In conversation with…Malorie Blackman at The Voice – Blackman is the new UK Children’s Literature Laureate & publishes with Doubleday and Macmillan in the US
- New Digital Literacy Initiative Formed for Hispanic-Latino Families at The Children’s Book Council
- I See White People at CCBlogC – K. T. Horning responds to recent conversations about the lack of diverse characters in kid lit
- Why I won’t be seeing the “Ender’s Game” movie by Malinda Lo
- Meet Meg Medina at Rich in Color – interview with the Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass author
- Vanessa Brantley-Newton and the Inspiration of Sound via Kirkus – the illustrator discusses Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her (HMH Kids, April 2013); and The Girl Who Heard Colors (Nancy Paulsen Books, Sept. 2013), a picture book about synesthesia. Also see her sketches and final art at 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast!
- Tips for Researching and Respectfully Writing Disabled Characters at Disability in KidLit
- DiversifYA : Suzanne van Rooyen (Q&A) – publicist at Entranced Publishing/author of Obscura Burning (Etopia Press) talks about being queer, writing for diverse characters
DEAL NEWS
- Andrea Davis Pinkney & Shane Evans to Collaborate on a Middle Grade Novel at The Children’s Book Council
AWARD NEWS
- Phyllis Wheatley Award finalists announced – awarded annually by QBR: The Black Book Review to recognizes the best African American books and writers in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Children's books
BOOKLISTS
- 10 Great Multicultural Children’s Books at Flavorwire
- Bilingual Storytime Selections | Libro por libro at School Library Journal
- Mamiverse’s Summer Reading List – includes many recent Latino-interest titles
- 10 Recent & Upcoming Queer Reads at Book Riot – includes Malinda Lo, David Levithan, Sara Farizan, & more
- YA books with Middle Eastern or Muslim characters at Rich in Color
- 10 Diverse Summer Reads at Diversity in YA
- Four Short Story Collections About Strong Women and Girls Around the World and Ink & Pen
EVENTS
This Month
- July 24, 11:00AM-5:00PM (FREE ONLINE): SummerTeen Hot Books for Young Adults Conference – don’t miss the “Embracing Diversity” panel, moderated by Shelley Diaz from SLJ!
- July 6—August 17 in NYC: La Caza Azul Summer Pop-Up Shop - the pop-up shop will carry approx. 300 books, roughly 50% of those being bilingual children's books
- June 28 - September 22: Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- October 5: 2nd Annual Comadres and Compadres Writers Conference at Medgar Evars College in Brooklyn, NY – “provides Latino writers with access to published Latino authors as well as agents and editors who have a proven track record of publishing Latino books.”
OLDER, BUT WORTH READING
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