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| Tanita Davis with Mare's War |
Bloggers and children's literature advocates here, there, and everywhere are promoting the powerful connection between books and kids in an effort called
Share a Story | Shape a Future. This week, from March 7-11, we focus on "
Unwrapping the Gift of Literacy."
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Miriam Newman, me, and Hannah
Ehrlich in front of Lee & Low's
proud display of diverse books |
As part of the conversation, Terry Doherty of
The Reading Tub is hosting a roundtable
discussion of diversity in children's books, inviting award-winning author
Tanita Davis (MARE'S WAR), Hannah Ehrlich of
Lee and Low Books, and me to share our thoughts.
Here's an excerpt from Tanita's contribution:
Play and romance and the trivialities that form everyone’s life have to be written about by YA authors, otherwise we fall prey to that 'single story' trap, as if minorities and immigrants have only one facet, and only one experience to offer.
Read the rest
here, and please leave comments.
