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A Little About Racial Diversity in Children's Books.
While we offer scholarships to all individuals who identify as being in the groups mentioned above, the statistics on racial representation in children's books are incredibly disheartening. And while some folks (i.e. Anglo people) genuinely believe that we've moved beyond this into a color-blind society, the reality of this is simply not true.
Here are some links that I hope that you'll explore.
Diversity Is Not Enough: Race, Power, Publishing by Daniel Jose Older on Buzzfeed
Lee and Low Curriculum Corner: Race
An article with 8 links to article on the subject.
Literary Agents Discuss the Diversity Gap in Publishing by Jason Low on Lee and Low
An article that I'm in about agents and diversity put together by the fabulous Jason Low.
As Demographics Shift, Kids' Books Stay Stubbornly White by Elizabeth Blair on NPR's Code Switch Blog
Artist Illustrates Dramatic Lack of Diversity in Kid's Books by Jason Boog on GalleyCat
Race, Gender, and Disability in Today's Children's Literature by Kira Isak Pirofski on Critical Multicultural Pavilion
Children's Literature Stuck in the Past: Why Is There Still a Lack of Diversity In Books for Kids? on AirTalk from KPCC
Polka Dots, Self-Portraits, and First Voice Multicultural Children's Books by Maya Gonzales on The Children's Book Academy
Here are some links that I hope that you'll explore.
Diversity Is Not Enough: Race, Power, Publishing by Daniel Jose Older on Buzzfeed
Lee and Low Curriculum Corner: Race
An article with 8 links to article on the subject.
Literary Agents Discuss the Diversity Gap in Publishing by Jason Low on Lee and Low
An article that I'm in about agents and diversity put together by the fabulous Jason Low.
As Demographics Shift, Kids' Books Stay Stubbornly White by Elizabeth Blair on NPR's Code Switch Blog
Artist Illustrates Dramatic Lack of Diversity in Kid's Books by Jason Boog on GalleyCat
Race, Gender, and Disability in Today's Children's Literature by Kira Isak Pirofski on Critical Multicultural Pavilion
Children's Literature Stuck in the Past: Why Is There Still a Lack of Diversity In Books for Kids? on AirTalk from KPCC
Polka Dots, Self-Portraits, and First Voice Multicultural Children's Books by Maya Gonzales on The Children's Book Academy
There are so many blog posts out there about this issue. I recently met with some editors in NY and learned something super interesting. There are two main reasons that publishers are not publishing the kinds of books that we all need to truly help get to a color blind society and that is not enough people buy diverse children's books and that many people of color who have not had the kinds of educational opportunities that middle class folks have had with 2 generations or more of university graduates behind them don't always have the skills needed. Hence these scholarships and a request to help support diversity by buying diverse books. :) Here's a wee graphic from Lee and Low.
Congratulations to the winners of scholarships for our 2015 Chapter Book Alchemist course
We are thrilled to have offered the Andrea Davis Pinkey Scholarship to so many winners for either a full of half-off scholarship to the fabulous Middle Grade And Chapter Book Mastery interactive e-Course with award-winning author and co-teacher Hillary Homzie and acquiring Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Asst. Editor Rachael Klein.
Here are our winners from Hillary and Mira's 2015 Chapter Book Alchemist course, which is now a self-paced instant access course here. Congratulations 2015 winners!
Priya Gopal, Dina Tate, Leslie Helakoski, Leah Schanke, Amy Metz, Natasha Tarpley, Maria Gabriela Aparentad, Hana Yoo, Patience, Mensah-Bonsu.
Here are our winners from Hillary and Mira's 2015 Chapter Book Alchemist course, which is now a self-paced instant access course here. Congratulations 2015 winners!
Priya Gopal, Dina Tate, Leslie Helakoski, Leah Schanke, Amy Metz, Natasha Tarpley, Maria Gabriela Aparentad, Hana Yoo, Patience, Mensah-Bonsu.
Congratulations to our 2018 winners
Reba Khatun, H. Cherndon Bedford, Rosalind Malin, Araceli Lopez, Samantha Gower, Andrew Sass, Erica Garcia, and Kathryn Otoshi
Congratulations to our 2017 winners
Michele Cusolito, Liliana Erasmus, Katherine Maria Frazer, Sherry Howard, Hagit Oron, Sarah Romero, Liliana Samica, Shirin Shamsi
Congratulations to our 2016 Middle Grade Mastery Scholarship WInners
Yvette Pompa, Anne Wagner, Ave Maria Cross, Wendy Kitts, Quintyn Hobbs, Lisa Ramos, Robin Pizzo, Hannah Gomez, Faith Knight, Hope Lindsay, Jennifer Polish, Ashley Franklin, Suma Subramaniam, Sonia Rodriguez and Huy Chung!!! Wow!!
Some of the applications were so beautiful that they brought tears to my eyes or they made me laugh out loud. And for the ones that didn't win, it might have been because of too many typos, or not all the fields were filled out, or because there was another submission that was similar or because the winner had a really creative approach. So please don't take it to heart and do apply again in the future. I spoke personally with each scholarship winner and it's terrifically exciting what each of them will be bringing to the course. To find out more about the course click here!
Reba Khatun, H. Cherndon Bedford, Rosalind Malin, Araceli Lopez, Samantha Gower, Andrew Sass, Erica Garcia, and Kathryn Otoshi
Congratulations to our 2017 winners
Michele Cusolito, Liliana Erasmus, Katherine Maria Frazer, Sherry Howard, Hagit Oron, Sarah Romero, Liliana Samica, Shirin Shamsi
Congratulations to our 2016 Middle Grade Mastery Scholarship WInners
Yvette Pompa, Anne Wagner, Ave Maria Cross, Wendy Kitts, Quintyn Hobbs, Lisa Ramos, Robin Pizzo, Hannah Gomez, Faith Knight, Hope Lindsay, Jennifer Polish, Ashley Franklin, Suma Subramaniam, Sonia Rodriguez and Huy Chung!!! Wow!!
Some of the applications were so beautiful that they brought tears to my eyes or they made me laugh out loud. And for the ones that didn't win, it might have been because of too many typos, or not all the fields were filled out, or because there was another submission that was similar or because the winner had a really creative approach. So please don't take it to heart and do apply again in the future. I spoke personally with each scholarship winner and it's terrifically exciting what each of them will be bringing to the course. To find out more about the course click here!