The article speaks about the many different ways that a book can be diverse. Whether in terms of race, class, or ability. The article also expresses the need for differing genres within a curriculum and library. It uses the research done by Bishop to enhance their points about children needing to read books that are culturally diverse within a classroom setting. Although the article does mention topics outside of race, there is a large focus on books about race being present in classrooms and the ways that these books being in schools is vital to children's learning. Picking books that are intersectional for the classroom is principle in ensuring literature that acts as a window, mirror, and/or sliding glass doors.

For my own classroom library I hope to have a classroom library filled with all of these types of books. I do think that having a list of ways to have diverse novels is important. Due to having not had the resources in my own schooling experiences to have truly read that many diverse novels, having a way to see how many different types of literature is out there and can be read and enjoyed by many is super helpful when picking books for a library. I also think that having novels that are outside of just narrative fiction is super important for a secondary classroom. Students should be able to read outside of just fictional stories, and should have graphic novels and even poetry novels at their disposable. I also think that having a non-fiction section would be helpful, or just having a list of non-fiction books is a good idea for kids who would rather read about true stories. 

This article uses data from schools to analyze the issues present within the libraries to understand if they are diverse enough for students. With this data they prove that it is not but also they provide ways for schools to become more diverse in their literary selections. 

While there is no direct teaching strategies mentioned in the paper, it becomes clear that teachers should analyze the literature they bring into their classroom to ensure that as a whole their library covers more character backgrounds than just a white-straight-cisgendered-male. Although having stories about white straight cisgendered males are not inherently bad for children to read, because they are the primary story that is told it often becomes repetitive and does not allow for other students who do not fall into those categories to read about themselves in literature. 

In my own classroom I hope to critically analyze each book I bring into my classroom to not only provide one story but also many more. Having this article will be very helpful in reviewing different books in my classroom. I hope to have an equal amount of all stories present in my classroom and the experiment that was done in the article gives the parameters for the books so I should be able to use them in my own library and ensure a balance between books. 

The article speaks to the importance of having a diverse library specifically in terms of multicultural literature. There are many criteria that the article explain are different multicultural principles that are recommened for books within school libraries. That of which include developing a multicultural perspectives, developing cultural consciousness, increasing intercultural competence, combating racism, prejudice, and discrimination, developing awareness of the state of the planet and global dynamics, and developing social action skills. These principles encourage students to have a larger mindset when considering the world and having books within a classroom setting that inspire these will create worldly children. 

As defined in the article a multicultural literature  "challenges the existing canon by expanding curriculum to include literature from a variety of cultural groups" (40). This is the main backing of the whole article. Allowing for children to have access to social, emotional, and cultural experiences they would not have otherwise known about will ultimately change the social order and ensure minority voices are listened to. There are also several different approaches to creating a multicultural classroom library and the decision-making and social action approach it allows for children to both learn about social issues present in contemporary times, but also take a step in correcting the problems that exist in their own community. 

In my own classroom I hope to create a multicultural library with as many texts as possible. Using the principles that the article outlines will be an awesome place to start from, and there are even many examples of texts to being with, even if they are oriented towards younger readers. I also hope to promote an environment that not only educates about social change but promotes children to help the society around them.