Today we talked about the importance of diversity in children’s literature. Here’s a link to a great illustration of how (not) diverse children’s literature is today. (I love this because it is a cartoon!)
One place to find quality, diverse children’s literature is at the American Library Association’s awards page.
What resources do you know of for finding diverse children’s literature? Do you have any favorite children’s books you would like to share?
[…] Extending class conversation: Diversity in children’s literature […]
http://www.multiculturalchildrenslit.com/
I found this site and thought it was interesting because it provided different topics or groups you might be interested in looking at as well as providing you with links to more information, tons of different book in all different genres!
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ This is a great resource to find diverse children’s literature! It is called the International Children’s Digital Library.
Do you know if there is any information about books being stereotyped? The cartoon said that the percentages were about different groups, but were they accurately about different groups?