Welcome to the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign. I started this campaign because I wanted to read more books where Black girls are the main characters. With your he
Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books
DIVERSE, MULTICULTURAL (BIPOC) VOICES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 9-12 Teaching Tolerance: Tool for Selecting Diverse Texts 1) Complexity, 2) Diversity & Representation, 3) Critical Literacy, 4) Reader & Task Considerations * This is a dynamic, crowdsourced document, compiled by Tricia Ebarv...
A video workshop for high school teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and website. This professional development workshop for…
These are certainly not all of the 2019 bisexual YA books coming out, but they’re the ones I’m most excited about. Have I mentioned that this list features books with girl, boy, and nonbinary bise
The Brown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of the myriad Black voices writing for young readers. Our flagship initiative is 28 Days Later, a month-long showcase of the best in Picture Books, Middle Grade, and Young Adult novels written and illustrated by Black creators. You can read more about the members of The Brown Bookshelf [ Read the full article... ]
Brandi Hartsell and Sarah Potter Halls High School
A few years ago a conversation started in my library that was prompted by a student reading Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give. The student in question identified as a person of color, but in our extremely homogeneous community she... Read More ›
Crazy quilts are unique and innovative quilts created from scraps of materials. My hope is for a world that uses all the scraps, rough cut diamonds and hidden treasures. I blog to make IPOC authors…
Are you looking for multicultural children's books? We've got you covered! You can search our circulating collection of picture books (2002-present), explore our quick lists, then borrow our books from your own library through interlibrary loan. We believe that too many children are left out of mainstream picture books, so we research who is currently included — and how — to spark conversation and change. Visit our site to learn more about our work.
Suggestions from teachers who are working to offer students at every grade level book choices that represent their lives.
Suggestions from teachers who are working to offer students at every grade level book choices that represent their lives.
Looking for resources to educate your child on multicultural & diversity issues? Here we provide an extensive reading list for children's stories that resonate.
Intersectional Feminism For Your Everyday Life
A website that examines what it means to be a good man in today's society.
Educator Innovator and its partners share the goal of creating more powerful and connected learning for youth through bringing together learning and leadership opportunities for teachers, youth workers, mentors, librarians, and museum educators that are open, re-mixable, and typically free or low-cost. At Educator Innovator we do not see learning as the province of one institution or service, but rather see our learning institutions and organizations as parts of a larger ecosystem for learning, one that can be more powerful by being more connected.
A classic problem: The push to modernize reading lists is challenging traditional definitions of literature. Surprise: Not everyone is happy about it.
Some recommendations of books to incorporate into your classroom that can broaden perspectives.
