This blog is in reference to the Day of Diversity symposium. For background, click here. Literacy Programming: Forming Partnerships and Sharing Resources (Panel) Pat Mora, Author, Founder of Dia de los libros Link: Dia de los libros Pat Mora shared her thoughts on the need for a diverse publishing system — a system that librarians understand … Continue reading
To transcribe my notes seemed quite cumbersome, so hopefully these make sense — if not, let me know and I’ll try to put them into paragraph form 🙂 Diversity in Children’s Literature: History & Myths Milestones/How far we’ve come: Increase of POC in Publishing – Still not many, but more than zero. A few HUGE … Continue reading
This blog is in reference to the Day of Diversity symposium. For background, click here. Our day started off with a Keynote address by Dr. Camila Alire of University of New Mexico & Colorado State University. She’s also past ALA President, past ACRL President, & past REFORMA President among many other titles (such as a … Continue reading
A library school student emailed me recently asking what my thoughts were on books that aren’t overtly racist (i.e. Little Black Sambo) and have been almost universally black balled, but books which have some racism in them although they may be “classics” (i.e. Little House on the Prairie). A related issue that was currently a … Continue reading
With all the shit going down with Harper Collins lately, one can’t help but have e-books slammed into their face non-stop – at least if you work in library land. Shoot, forget just working in Library Land, I heard the Harper Collins issue and ensuing library boycotts were in the NYT yesterday. While I think … Continue reading
Yes! 2 blogs for today. So does this mean I don’t have to post anything tomorrow? naw… I’ll be faithful to my pledge (i guess). Finding information and people discussing the representation of Hawaiians in Children’s literature is pretty hard to find. I’ve found the first writing in a long time that even address the … Continue reading
Finally! I got to type out some of the quotes which had struck me as I was reading Dance for the Land by McLaren. My full blog on the book can be found here “Her honey-colored skin was a shade lighter than her long, silky hair. Her almond eyes held flecks of gold, and she … Continue reading
This isn’t going to be the post about this book that I want it to be, but since I’ve already renewed the book twice and somehow it hasn’t left my car so that I can pick out the passages I wanted to explicitly point out, this post will have to do. Hopefully before I actually … Continue reading
While this isn’t a new topic, I don’t think it ever gets old and discussions are always new and insightful, regardless of how many times the work has been read and discussed. Today, a woman came in looking for Little House on the Prairie. Now, as a child in fourth and fifth grades, I was … Continue reading
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