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Dr. Zetta Elliott on the Lack of Diversity in Children’s Literature
Dr. Zetta Elliott on the Lack of Diversity in Children’s Literature Author Interviews
Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann MULTIPLE Zetta Elliott, a black feminist writer known for poetry, plays, essays, novels, and kids' stories, is renowned for her award-winning picture book, Bird....
Zetta Elliott
Zetta Elliott 000000003627950X Zetta Elliott, a Canadian-born Black feminist writer, is known for her poetry, plays, essays, and children's novels. She earned a PhD in American Studies from NYU, taug...
Zetta Brown
Zetta Brown NONE Zetta Brown, owner of the successful L-L Publications based in Scotland, boasts an impressive portfolio including acclaimed books and a sister imprint, Logical-Lust. Also a Developme...
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events Troy Johnson Article Top 100+ Recommended Children’s Books Children book authors, industry professionals, and avid readers contributed their favorite chi...
The Witch’s Apprentice (Dragons in a Bag #3)
The Witch’s Apprentice (Dragons in a Bag #3) Zetta Elliott 9780593427705 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Zetta Elliott wants Black children today to see themselves in...
American Phoenix: poems
American Phoenix: poems Zetta Elliott 9798656203630 Poetry Independently Published Independently Published American Phoenix, the second collection of poetry by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, exte...
K. Elliott
K. Elliott NONE K. Elliott, raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, overcame a difficult early life involving poverty, the drug trade, and jail. Encouraged by a professor, he pursued writing, excelling ...
Nicky Wheeler Brown and Zetta Brown
Nicky Wheeler Brown and Zetta Brown MULTIPLE Nicky Wheeler Brown and Zetta Brown are reputable authors, known for their engaging and thought-provoking works. Their writing spans various genres, appea...
Zetta Brown: Scotland’s Zane Hits Big in Publishing World
Zetta Brown: Scotland’s Zane Hits Big in Publishing World Robert Fleming Interview The international publishing world is taking notice off Zetta Brown’s red hot L-L Publications with...
A Wish After Midnight
A Wish After Midnight Zetta Elliott 9780982555057 Fiction Skyscape Amazon Publishing “Although there is plenty of history embedded in the novel, A Wish After Midnight is written with a lyrical grace t...
A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart
A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart Zetta Elliott 9780374307417 Poetry Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Today Show Best Book for the Holidays NCTE ...
A Song for Juneteenth
A Song for Juneteenth Zetta Elliott 9780316575133 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group This emotional and lyrical picture book by acclaimed poet Zetta Elliott celebrates t...
Moonwalking
Moonwalking Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann 9780374314378 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers For fans of Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson, this...
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature Troy Johnson Article Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature by Wade Hudson This Diversity Books Pledge was developed after a...
“Who Will Write a Story for the Children of Eric Garner?”
“Who Will Write a Story for the Children of Eric Garner?” Troy Johnson Article AALBC Guest Post by Zetta Elliott “Who will write a story for the children of Eric Garner?” This question came to mi...
Say Her Name
Say Her Name Zetta Elliott 9781368045247 Nonfiction Jump At The Sun Jump At The Sun Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victi...
John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick
John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick MULTIPLE John Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick are renowned authors known for their significant contributions in literature. Their ...
Andrea Elliott
Andrea Elliott NONE Andrea Elliott is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, formerly with The Miami Herald. She's received multiple journalism awards and served as a...
Tar Beach
Tar Beach Faith Ringgold 9780517885444 Fiction Dragonfly Books Dragonfly Books Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold broke new ground because the book was adapted from the textile/quilt. She incorporated Africa...
Tar Beach (Hardcover)
Tar Beach (Hardcover) Faith Ringgold 9780517580301 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold broke new ground because the book was adapted from the textile...
Oil And Water...And Other Things That Don’t Mix
Oil And Water...And Other Things That Don’t Mix Nicky Wheeler Brown and Zetta Brown 9781905091850 Fiction LL-Publications LL-Publications The disaster facing the Gulf Coast has been on the minds of mi...
Melena’s Jubilee: The Story of a Fresh Start
Melena’s Jubilee: The Story of a Fresh Start Zetta Elliott 9780884485605 Fiction Tilbury House Publishers Tilbury House Publishers Named to Bank Street College of Education’s prestigious 2016 Best Chi...
The Boy in the Bubble
The Boy in the Bubble Zetta Elliott 9781497444782 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press A mysterious boy from another planet chooses an unusual girl as his guide on Earth. Both children lead solitary li...
Shadra Strickland
Shadra Strickland NONE Shadra Strickland, an award-winning illustrator and teacher, studied at Syracuse University and the School of Visual Arts. She won the Ezra Jack Keats and Coretta Scott King/Jo...
A Wave Came Through Our Window
A Wave Came Through Our Window Zetta Elliott 9781515033523 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Two sisters find a way to endure the hot summer nights by savoring the scents and sounds carried into the...
An Angel for Mariqua
An Angel for Mariqua Zetta Elliott 9781478288213 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Christmas is coming, but eight-year-old Mariqua Thatcher isn’t looking forward to the holidays. Mama’s gone and Gra...
Max Loves Muñecas!
Max Loves Muñecas! Zetta Elliott 9781497332027 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Max wants to visit a beautiful boutique that sells dresses and dolls, but worries that other children will tea...
One Eye Open
One Eye Open Zetta Elliott 9781461079897 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press More than anything, Nina Traymore wants stability in her life. After graduating from college, Nina returns to New York City...
Dragons in a Bag
Dragons in a Bag Zetta Elliott 9780593897218 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House
The Enchanted Bridge
The Enchanted Bridge Zetta Elliott 9780593427743 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Getting three baby dragons back home was just the beginning. Now Jaxon is on a mission to help all magical cre...
The Dragon Thief (Dragons in a Bag #2)
The Dragon Thief (Dragons in a Bag #2) Zetta Elliott 9781524770495 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Stealing a baby dragon was easy! Hiding it is a little more complic...
Dragons in a Bag
Dragons in a Bag Zetta Elliott 9781524770488 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House
Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag #1)
Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag #1) Zetta Elliott 9781524770457 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House The dragon’s out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy fr...
A Max le gustan las munecas
A Max le gustan las munecas Zetta Elliott 9781519748348 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Max desea visitar una hermosa boutique donde venden vestidos y muñecas, pero le preocupa que otros niños se ...
Let the Faithful Come
Let the Faithful Come Zetta Elliott 9781516892495 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press When a bright star shines on a dark, silent night, let the faithful come. This lyrical retelling of the tradition...
Dayshaun’s Gift
Dayshaun’s Gift Zetta Elliott 9781515008354 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Summer vacation has just begun and Dayshaun wants to spend Saturday morning playing his new video game. But Dayshaun’s m...
I Love Snow!
I Love Snow! Zetta Elliott 9781514348475 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press I love snow! spinning, swirling, swooshing snow crunch beneath my boots snow tickling my tongue snow I love snow! This sho...
Fox & Crow: A Christmas Tale
Fox & Crow: A Christmas Tale Zetta Elliott 9781502520241 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Fox and Crow are old friends who enjoy trying to outsmart one another. One winter evening, mischievous Crow...
The Last Bunny in Brooklyn
The Last Bunny in Brooklyn Zetta Elliott 9781500870416 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Chloe isn’t a social bunny, but she enjoys her solitary life in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. As autumn approa...
The Girl Who Swallowed the Sun
The Girl Who Swallowed the Sun Zetta Elliott 9781499606089 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press On the outside, Zoe looks like an ordinary little girl, but her father knows just how special she is insi...
The Magic Mirror
The Magic Mirror Zetta Elliott 9781497364714 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press When a boy at school hurts Kamara’s feelings, she goes home and asks her grandmother if the mean words are really true....
The Phoenix on Barkley Street
The Phoenix on Barkley Street Zetta Elliott 9781500589400 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Best friends Carlos and Tariq love their block, but Barkley Street has started to change. The playground h...
Room In My Heart
Room In My Heart Zetta Elliott 9781500908232 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press t took some time for Nikki to adjust to her parents’ divorce, but now she and her little sister Natalie enjoy their new...
The Deep
The Deep Zetta Elliott 9781492902119 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press THE DEEP plunges readers into a dangerous, underground world policed by members of The League, a secret group of women and men ...
Ship Of Souls
Ship Of Souls Zetta Elliott 9781612182681 Fiction Skyscape Amazon Publishing When Dmitri, an 11-year-old bird watcher and math whiz, loses his mother to breast cancer, he is taken in by Mrs. Martin, a...
One-Act Plays
One-Act Plays Zetta Elliott 9781448639083 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press girl/power: While in the custody of Child Protective Services, two underage girls compare their relationships with the me...
Three Plays
Three Plays Zetta Elliott 9781441486219 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press CONNOR’S BOY: Connor, a successful artist and transracial adoptee, commits suicide after being accused of abusing his belov...
Stranger In The Family
Stranger In The Family Zetta Elliott 9781441476432 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Stranger in the Family is a mixed-media memoir that examines the shifting terrain upon which we negotiate race, k...
Ten-Minute Plays
Ten-Minute Plays Zetta Elliott 9781441486271 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press STASH: Charity, a young woman is accused of killing and castrating her abusive father. QUALITY: Two white women do la...
Bird
Bird Zetta Elliott 9781600602412 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books In this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he stru...
Wings
Wings Christopher Myers 9780590033770 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. “…shows a vulnerable boy defended by a Black girl who admires rather than mocks his difference. The collage illustrations a...
Naomi V. Dunsen-White
Naomi V. Dunsen-White NONE Naomi V. Dunsen-White is a children’s book author and editor focused on promoting diversity and representation in children's literature. She utilizes her background as a fo...
Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business
Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business Pamela Newkirk 9781568588223 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group An award-winning journalist shows how workplace diversity i...
A Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms (2nd Edition)
A Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms (2nd Edition) Marjorie R. Hancock 9780131109025 Nonfiction Prentice Hall Press Prentice Hall Press Reinforced...
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City Andrea Elliott 9780812986945 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House “Destined to become one of the classics of the genre” (Newsweek)...
Diversity: Leaders Not Labels: A New Plan for a the 21st Century
Diversity: Leaders Not Labels: A New Plan for a the 21st Century Stedman Graham 9780743234375 Nonfiction Free Press Free Press Stedman Graham, bestselling author of You Can Make It Happen, teaches tha...
The Old Man In The Club (Zane Presents)
The Old Man In The Club (Zane Presents) Curtis Bunn 9781593095727 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. He’s the “old guy in the club” who everyone judges and scorns, but there’s so much more t...
Jael Richardson
Jael Richardson NONE Jael Ealey Richardson is a Toronto-based author and educator with an MFA in Creative Writing. Known for her memoir and children's book, both titled The Stone Thrower, her work re...
Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4
Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4 Ian K. Smith 9780063253766 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Billionaire Elliott Kantor, who ruled over a mammoth real estate portfolio in Chicago, was a creature o...
Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4
Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4 Ian K. Smith 9780063253759 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Billionaire Elliott Kantor, who ruled over a mammoth real estate portfolio in Chicago, was a creature o...
Somebody’s Child
Somebody’s Child Dennis A. Williams 9780684827131 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Somebody’s Child is the searing and achingly poignant story of African American brothers and fathers, ...
Blacksmith Books
Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books, LLC Blacksmith Books, LLC, was a small independent publisher established in 2005 that specialized in high-quality fiction and nonfiction for the di...
Blacksmith Books
Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books, LLC Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books, LLC, was a small independent publisher established in 2005 that specialized in high-quality fiction and nonfiction for the di...
Kemba Marshall
Kemba Marshall NONE Dr. Kemba Marshall founded Marshall Recruiting Consortium to address the lack of diversity in agriculture and animal health sciences. She also works with organizations to build t...
Dinah Johnson
Dinah Johnson NONE Dinah Johnson is a renowned author in children's literature, particularly in African American storytelling. Her books, which include titles like Hair Dance! and Sitting Pretty, cel...
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Rebellious Read Alouds: Inviting Conversations about Diversity with Children′s Books [Grades K-5]
Rebellious Read Alouds: Inviting Conversations about Diversity with Children′s Books [Grades K-5] Vera Ahiyya 9781071844144 Nonfiction Corwin Corwin Spark meaningful conversations about race, identity...
David Washington
David Washington NONE Dr. David Washington decision to write a graphic novel stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the lack of diversity in the superhero genre. He hoped to provide his children with ...
Mary-Frances Winters
Mary-Frances Winters NONE Mary-Frances Winters, founder of the Winters Group Inc., is a renowned diversity and inclusion consultant with over 30 years of experience. Recognized by Forbes and awarded ...
Jacqueline Alcantara
Jacqueline Alcantara NONE Jacqueline Alcántara is a freelance illustrator specializing in children’s literature. After teaching art and photography, she pursued projects featuring diverse main chara...
Faye Childs
Faye Childs NONE Faye Childs, born 1956, was a literary agent committed to promoting Black literature. She founded the Black Board Bestsellers list, a platform that increased visibility for Black aut...
Messalina: Devourer Of Men
Messalina: Devourer Of Men Zetta Brown 9781905091119 Nonfiction LL-Publications (Logical Lust Publications) LL-Publications (Logical Lust Publications) When life imitates art… Eva Cavell is a woman wi...
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books Troy Johnson Article We've Just Added an Additional Category to Our Popular Best Sellers List—Children’s Books! Over the years, there has always been a gre...
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) Various Locations Brampton, Ontario Canada The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) celebrates diversity in literature by promoting diverse authors and stori...
Black Nationalism in America
Black Nationalism in America John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick 9780672512414 Nonfiction Bobbs-Merrill Bobbs-Merrill Black Nationalism in America covers a wide range of topics rela...
Cheryl Willis Hudson
Cheryl Willis Hudson 0000000037209335 Cheryl Willis Hudson, editorial director of Just Us Books, focuses on publishing Black interest books for children. Co-founder of the company in 1988, she's a re...
Don Tate
Don Tate 0000000067041350 Don Tate is an accomplished illustrator of over fifty children's books and author of two award-winning titles. He co-founded The Brown Bookshelf and is part of #WeNeedDivers...
Jennifer Baker
Jennifer Baker NONE Jennifer Baker is a publishing professional, host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast, and contributing editor to Electric Literature. She advocates for diversity in the indus...
Cicely Lewis
Cicely Lewis NONE Cicely Lewis, a Georgia-based school librarian, is passionate about fostering reading habits. She initiated the Read Woke challenge in 2017, addressing social issues and literature ...
There is a Lack of Unity Among Black Websites
There is a Lack of Unity Among Black Websites Troy Johnson Article Over the last year, I’ve invested a lot of effort informing the public about the adverse impact of the corporate take over of the we...
Nonku Kunene Adumetey
Nonku Kunene Adumetey NONE Nonkululeko “Nonku” Kunene Adumetey is a devoted wife, mother, and children's author. Born in eSwatini, educated in Canada and the US, she's passionate about inspiring chil...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine Kemba Marshall 9781394217083 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley An insightful discussion of DEI and its application to a wide variety of real-world veterinar...
Rebecca, Not Becky
Rebecca, Not Becky Christine Platt and Catherine Wigginton Greene 9780063213593 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-c...
Proversity: Getting Past Face Value and Finding the Soul of People — A Manager’s Journey
Proversity: Getting Past Face Value and Finding the Soul of People — A Manager’s Journey Lawrence Otis Graham 9780471178187 Fiction Wiley Wiley "Lawrence Otis Graham is totally original and always def...
The Black Librarian in America Revisited
The Black Librarian in America Revisited E.J. Josey 9780810828308 Nonfiction Scarecrow Press Rowman & Littlefield This sequel to The Black Librarian in America (Scarecrow, 1970) contains an array of c...
MaryAnne Howland
MaryAnne Howland NONE MaryAnne Howland, founder and CEO of Ibis Communications, is a recognized business leader in Nashville, Tennessee. She founded the Global Diversity Leadership Exchange, a platfo...
Laurie Robinson Haden
Laurie Robinson Haden NONE Laurie Robinson Haden, CEO of Corporate Counsel Women of Color, has significantly advanced diversity in the legal profession since 2004. With a distinguished career at CBS ...
Doug Melville
Doug Melville NONE Doug Melville is a renowned figure in diversity, equity, and inclusion with vast experience, including being the global head of diversity at Richemont. He's advised top brands on i...
Hearts on the Fly
Hearts on the Fly Toni Shiloh 9780764245206 Fiction Bethany House Baker Publishing Group When the game changes, love finds a way to score. Jabari Hall has spent his entire life chasing vi...
The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora
The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora Mecca Jamilah Sullivan 9780252086038 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press Includes 25 Black & Wh...
Poet Alrick Elliott Read Happy Birthday Poem to his Wife
Poet Alrick Elliott Read Happy Birthday Poem to his Wife Poetry & Spoken Word
What Is Hip-Hop?
What Is Hip-Hop? Eric Morse 9781617755842 Nonfiction Black Sheep Akashic Books Included in Publishers Weekly’s Big Indie Books of Fall 2017 featureMorse and Yi (the team behind What Is Punk?) highligh...
Track Three
Track Three John Gibson 9781610092173 Fiction Oak Tree Press Oak Tree Press In I Come along for the ride when a popular and top-rated investigative journalist, Elliott Lawder, and Katherine Lambert, a...
He Loves Me, He Loves You Not PT 3
He Loves Me, He Loves You Not PT 3 Mychea 9780996060950 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing Phylicia hits the ground running in this highly anticipated sequel to He Loves Me, He Loves you No...
The Ski Mask Way (G Unit)
The Ski Mask Way (G Unit) K. Elliott 9781416531012 Fiction Gallery Books/G-Unit Simon & Schuster, Inc. HARD LIFE. HARD LUCK. HARD DRUGS. HARD DEALS. HARD TIME. Back in New York City, Seven was the ...
Street Fame
Street Fame K. Elliott 9780971769724 Fiction Urban Lifestyle Press Urban Lifestyle Press There’s a lot going on from Charlotte to Miami to San Francisco — almost none of it favorable to Tommy ’Fatboy’...
Entangled
Entangled K. Elliott 9780971769700 Fiction Urban Lifestyle Press Urban Lifestyle Press Unprotected Sex, Murder, Disloyalty and Payoffs all included in this street-life thriller. Entangled is a Love St...
Vince Bailey
Vince Bailey NONE Vince Bailey is an award-winning author and construction estimator from Central Arizona. His childhood experiences heavily influence his nostalgic fiction writing, particularly his ...