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Comic Adaptations My appreciation for the graphic novel form has been slowly building since the first one that found its way into my hands. Stuck Rubber Baby was assigned reading for a class in graduate school. I had never really been exposed to comics, so I didn’t know what to expect. What I found was that the graphic novel form is both extremely accessible to a wide variety of readers and incredibly insightful. The artwork helped me to understand the emotional elements of the story that I may have otherwise missed. It was a revelation. Now, as a teacher, I have seen how graphic novels can allow my students to engage with a text in a way that they would not have if I had just handed them pages of text and asked them to read. There are many, many graphic adaptations of the classics, especially Shakespeare and Dickens. Available Now: Kindred by Damian Duffy, John Jennings, and Octavia E. Fahrenheit 451 by Tim Hamilton and Ray Bradbury Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery by Miles Hyman Monster by Guy A. Pre-Order:
Reading LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s Books in Schools Download PDF Click here for WS Boolists with Great Diverse Books Before Reading A Book to Your Class First, think about whether or not reading an LGBTQ-inclusive book is the place to start in developing a welcoming school or do you need to lay more groundwork in your school community. Consider whether you will have support from your school’s administration if parental concerns arise regarding LGBTQ topics or gender roles. LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s Books One way to make children feel welcome in your classroom and school is to ensure that all kinds of families are portrayed in the books that are available in the classroom and in the library. It is important for children to see their reality reflected to them through the literature that is available and used in classrooms. It is also important for all students to understand that families are unique while at the same time they share many common values, beliefs and traditions.
Muslim characters By Jessica Martinez 1. No Lying Let’s start out with a little honesty: I’m not diverse. Now as a writer, I have two choices. The Vow has two main characters. But if I want my stories to be any good, honesty is key—both with myself and with my characters. 2. So I just said not to lie, except of course you have to lie. 3. The thing about writing diverse characters when you’re not actually diverse is that you occasionally have to stare at yourself in the mirror and completely freak out. My fear—that everyone was going to think I was full of crap—was legitimate, but even the legitimate fears can kill a book. 4. All that courage notwithstanding, there are healthy things to fear. 5. Somewhere during the writing process, I decided to shove my imposter complex in the closet, and own the research that I’d done. The research also allowed me to be comfortable straying from stereotypes while still staying within what would be normal or expected of a non-devout Muslim immigrant family in America.
Black Lives Matter at School_Resources (Judi Moreillon) I am providing these resources to support #BLMatSchool Week of Action: February 1 - 5, 2021 Resources for Virtual Book Discussions/Programming: Barbershop Books Ethically Sharing Children's and Young Adult Literature Online (School Librarian Leadership) How to Set Up a Virtual Book Club for Students (Edutopia) Online Literature Teaching and Learning (School Librarian Leadership) Social Justice Standards (Teaching Tolerance Anti-bias Framework) Talking about Race (National Museum of African American History and Culture) Teaching for Change: Building Social Justice Starting in the Classroom Teaching Tolerance: Let's Talk about It (Teaching Tolerance) Book Head Heart Literature Circle Discussion Guide Adapted from Beers, Kylene, and Robert E. Beers_Probst_BHH_Lit_Circle_Discussion_Strategy_2020.docx Links to EDI Books and Resources American Library Association
InbeTWEENers For many of us, the pre-teen and early teen years were a particularly awkward phase that we look back on and cringe (I’m thinking of 11 to 13 years old, roughly 5th-8th grade in school). Past the cute stages of early childhood and not quite big enough to be a full fledged teen or young adult, kids in their middle years face a very particular set of challenges and experiences: Friendships change and die, interests and hobbies wax and wane, and bodies, well, bodies start changing. As a youth services librarian, I am constantly talking with parents about the best books for this particular phase of a kid’s life. The child in question often doesn’t want to browse the “kids” section anymore, but the child’s grown up doesn’t want them going (in my library’s case), upstairs to the young adult area, where the sex and the violence are aplenty. Having recently taken over a middle school book club, I have become particularly obsessed with finding great books for middle schoolers. “Ghost.
Book List 8 YA Books With Latino Protagonists We Wish We Had As Teenagers Adolescence is generally hard for everyone. As young people awkwardly fumble through these formative years, YA novels – which touch on social inequality, sexuality, and identity – can help them navigate this difficult time in their lives. Just last year, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) saw a rise in books about immigrants and refugees – echoing the issues of the real world. But one area that can still see improvement is the representation of Latino characters in books. In 2011, the CCBC – which tracks trends in children and YA literature – found that a little more than 3 percent of the 3,400 books it reviewed were written by or about Latinos. Fast forward a few years to 2016 and the numbers still remain low. 'The Education of Margot Sanchez' by Lilliam Rivera In Lilliam Rivera’s debut YA novel, Margot Sanchez is a South Bronx native who feels the need to keep up with her wealthier private school classmates. 'Mexican WhiteBoy' by Matt de la Pena
Module 24b: Transforming Library Collections Part 2 – Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth After working through this module, you will be able to: Discuss some of the key topics that must be considered when collecting diverse texts.Develop a plan to stay up-to-date with and address these topics and others that may arise. Introduction There are a number of important topics that need to be considered when collecting diverse texts. In this module, we will highlight several of them for you to think about and act on. topic 1: The diversity gap in children’s publishing In 1965, Nancy Larrick brought national attention to the need for diverse literature in her landmark article “The All-White World of Children’s Books.” When the only images children see are white ones…as long as children are brought up on gentle doses of racism through their books… there seems to be little chance of developing the humility so urgently needed for world cooperation. In 1982, Dr. Bishop was also one of the first to question the authenticity of the writing. Dr. Who is… Dr. To learn more about Dr. Watch Reflect