Tag: diversity
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: ALA Media Awards Anticipation Plus Suggestions for Caldecott #nfpb2015
On Monday, February 2, the ALA Youth Media Awards will be announced. I’ll be watching the live webcast and chatting with my nerdy friends on Twitter as the announcements are made. I’m interested in all of the awards, for different reasons. The Printz is important to my work in Adolescent Literature. When I look…
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Quick Thoughts on the ALA Media Awards
This photo is from last year, but I loved that it shows #alamya, The One and Only Ivan, AND the Newbery Medal all trending at the same time! It’s hard to settle down after the excitement of this morning’s ALA Media Awards announcements! I woke up just in time to see the Printz announcement. That’s…
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Diversity in Adolescent Literature
A few weeks ago, one of my students, Rachel, wrote a provocative post called “Diversity Please Speak Up.” She recounts an experience in a different class where the students were asked to construct a reading list of books everyone needs to read by the time they graduate from high school. The list ended up consisting of…
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