Children, Teens, & Young Adults

Articles

• Barclay, Alegria. "Black Lives Matter: Building Empathy Through Reading (Part I)" yalsa.ala.org/thehub, 19 Jan. 2015.

• Barclay, Alegria. "Black Lives Matter: Building Empathy Through Reading (Part II)" yalsa.ala.org/thehub, 20 Jan. 2015.

• Bruce, Allie Jane. "On Being White: A Raw, Honest Conversation." journals.ala.org, 1 Sept. 2016.

• Chant, Ian.  "What the Trump Budget Means for School Libraries." slj.com, 31 March 2017.

• Cottrell, Megan. "Hate Incidents in Libraries Spark a Renewed Commitment to Serve." slj.com, 16 Dec. 2016.

• Farmer, Nancy S.J. "Don't Get Faked By the News" knowledgequest.aasl.org, 23 Feb. 2017.

• Jacobson, Linda. "A Path Forward: How Librarians Support Refugee Children" slj.com, 31 Oct. 2016.

• Jacobson, Linda. "Librarians Mobilize for Equity Under the Trump Administration." slj.com, 30 March 2017.

• Matteson, Addie. "Librarians Providing Safe Havens as Deportation Fears Loom." slj.com, 22 March 2017. 

• Robbins, M. Brandon. "Resist with Games." reviews.libraryjournal.com, 14 March 2017.

• Stivers, Julie. "Middle School Mondays: What We Say - And Don't Say - Matters." teenlibrariantoolbox.com, 30 Jan. 2017.

• Tiffany, Kaitlyn. In the War On Fake News, School Librarians Have a Huge Role to Play. Interview with Nicole A. Cook, theverge.com, 16 Nov. 2016.

Book Lists

• #BlackLivesMatter: Tools to Talk About Race With Teens - Booklist created by Chelsea Couillard-Smith, librarian at Hennepin County Library (MN)

• Allard, Jody. "The best books for raising activist kids." washingtonpost.com, 10 March 2017.

• Amelia Bloomer Project - Feminist Books for Young Readers Ages 0-18

• Books to Help Kids Understand What It's Like to Be a Refugee - from readbrightly.com

• Children’s Books about Refugees (Institute for Humane Education)

• Civil Rights Picture Books for Kids

• Hunter, Sarah. "Core Collection: Picture-book Refugee and Immigration Stories." booklistonline.com, 1 Feb. 2017.

• A New Land, A New Life - Books about the Immigrant Experience

• Reeve, Jackie. 13 Books to Teach Children About Protesting and Activism. organicconsumers.org, 22 Jan. 2017.

• Sarno, Melissa."8 Empowering Middle Grade Novels for Kids Interested in Social Justice."barnesandnoble.com, 26 Jan. 2017.

• Upworthy's 20 Empowering Children's Books That Celebrate Diversity and Social Justice

Podcasts & Webinars

• Booklist Webinar - Teaching Tolerance. alapublishing.webex.com, 15 Feb. 2017.

• SLJ Webinar - Information Literacy in the Age of Fake News. (Free, must register.) slj.com, 16 March 2017.

Resources

• American Indians in Children's Literature - Critical analysis and perspectives from scholar Debbie Reese

• The Brown Bookshelf: Black voices writing for young readers

• The Conscious Kid: Diverse children's book lists and subscriptions

• Disability in Kid Lit

• Disrupt Texts: Resources to challenge the traditional canon in order to create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum

• Diverse Book Finder

• Genderful! Exploring Gender through art with kids at Brooklyn Public Library

• Global Lives Project- Unheard Stories curriculum available for download and purchase

• Indigenous Reads Rising

• Kitaab World- South Asian Children’s Books

• Kirkus Collections: Diverse Book Lists and Reviews and for Library Selectors

• The Lamp NYC-based media literacy organization

• Latinxs in Kid Lit

• Lee & Low Books: Largest Publisher of multicultural children's books in the US, various book lists & resources

• MoreDiverse: Tool for finding more diverse alternatives to standard texts

• Octavia Project: Brooklyn-based science fiction-centric writing and empowerment events for girls, trans and non-binary youth

• OurStory: diverse book discovery app for kids and teens, with professional tools for librarians, and educators

• Oyate - Publisher and reviewer of books about Native Americans, particularly those aimed at schoolchildren

• Queer Books for Teens: comprehensive database of LGBTQIA+ Young Adult Literature 2000-2017

• Reading While White - Allies for Racial Diversity & Inclusion in Books for Children & Teens, interviews & reviews

• A Starter Survival Guide for a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults (English y español)

• Storytime Underground - Practical, radical ideas and information for Children's Librarians

• We Need Diverse Books

• YALSA's Fostering Global Citizenship, Inclusion, & Understanding Wiki