CHARLOTTE — Families and organizations came together at the Methodist Home Recreation Center on Saturday morning to bring diversity to libraries and fight a book desert in the Charlotte area. The ...

Children’s books, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books, with Muslim characters show representation, open kids’ eyes to new cultures, and build empathy.

The best children’s books have always provided a powerful way for kids to put themselves in other people’s lives—from the prairie of Laura Ingalls to the world of wizards in Harry Potter. It’s in that ...

The books at MiJa Books stand on the shelves with the front covers facing out. Dozens of characters peer out as you walk by: An Aztec princess, a young Basquiat, a smiling Popo hugging her grandson, a ...

Decades ago, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, for every child to find a book with characters who look like them or have similar experiences. But the number of diverse children’s books ...

KETTERING, Ohio (WDTN) – After seeing the protests against racial injustice this summer, Adrian Handwork decided to have the conversation with her daughters, Aria (4) and Ava (3) using children’s ...

Children’s book publishers have come a long way in addressing disparities in representation, but kid lit still remains disproportionately white. Estimates suggest, for example, that only about 30% of ...

KAREN: MOM’S ARE RESOURCEFUL, WHEN ONE WOMAN SEARCHED AND FAILED TO FIND IMPACTFUL BOOKS GEARED TOWARDS INDIAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN, SHE FOUND A SOLUTI,ON SHE STARTED HER OWN PUBLISNG COMPANY. TODAY, ...

The University of Colorado Boulder School of Education, in collaboration with the Boulder Book Store, is thrilled to announce the 6th Annual Children’s Book Festival, taking place on Saturday, Nov. 9.

CHICAGO (AP) — In the world of children’s books, villagers can protect their water from a black snake, dark skin is as beautiful as the night sky, and a little girl’s two puffs of hair can make her ...

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