We Need Diverse Books

September 29, 2016 by Heather Booth

Mirrors and Windows

Last year, my second grader came home one day and started telling me about Malala. Her teacher had used a biography of the recent Nobel Prize winner as the example book at the beginning of their biography unit. This week, my now third grader came home with assignment inspired by The Ballad of Mulan by Song […]

December 15, 2014 by Robin Willis

Middle Grade Monday – The Fight for Diversity

I struggle with finding books for my little friend Aaron. My good friends qualified as foster parents a few years ago and were given care of one of the sweetest, most delightfully loving babies I have ever had the opportunity to know. As time went on and it became apparent that Aaron’s family was not […]

September 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

by Amanda MacGregor Jefferson High School, Davisburg, Virginia. 1959. In Robin Talley’s Lies We Tell Ourselves, it’s been two years since the Supreme Court said all schools must integrate. The people in Davisburg have done everything they can to resist this order, including entirely shutting down their schools for months. High school senior Sarah Dunbar […]

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Diversity Discussions: Diversity is the New Black – by Jayla P.

May 27, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Diversity discussions have been picking up steam lately. These discussions aren’t just limited to libraries and books. Television shows, technology industries, and more are picking up on why it’s important to include people of color into the mix. My Twitter feed is abuzz with hashtags such as #weneeddiversebooks and #diveristyinYA. Check out the Official Site […]