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 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 ...

This post was updated April 30 at 7:42 p.m. MiJa Books is changing the landscape of children’s literature, one story at a time. The online bookstore, founded by alumnus Stephanie Reed and her husband ...

EXCLUSIVE: We Need Diverse Books Day observed on April 14 poses a crucial question: who gets to tell their stories, and why ...

In recent years, children’s books have made a lot of progress in becoming more varied. The number of books featuring diverse authors, illustrators, and characters has grown- giving children a chance ...

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 ...

Roughly a year after its launch, the Diverse Books for All Coalition—a consortium of more than 40 nonprofits and member organizations founded by First Book—has taken major steps toward its mission of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two new children's books are hitting the shelves, hoping to fill gaps in the marketplace and teach kids to embrace everyone's diverse cultures. One book is written by a ...

Children’s literature is more than bedtime tales—it shapes empathy, identity, and how young readers see the world. From Dr. Seuss’s playful revolutions to inclusive stories featuring diverse abilities ...

Challenging the norms, one book at a time. For two years I spent my Fridays with an incredible young girl who I met through The Pyjama Foundation – an organisation that pairs children in foster care ...

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