Resources
Visit the following sites to help with your search to find more multicultural books.
Visit the following sites to help with your search to find more multicultural books.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg- This TED Talk is about how the single-story effect can start. It also explains how everyone is subject to the single-story effect and how we are all guilty of using it in our day-to-day understanding of others.
- https://grassrootscommunityfoundation.org/1000-black-girl-books-resource-guide/- When 12 year old Marley Dias wanted to see more featured books where the main character looked like her. To complete this, she decided to make it her mission to find 1000 books that featured a black girl as the main character. Her mission was accomplished after gathering over 9,000 books!
- http://www.melissahart.com/- This is a guide that includes 500 diverse contemporary fiction and memoir recommendations for pre-teens and teens to inspire greater empathy for themselves, their peers, and the world around them.
- https://www.rif.org/- There is a significant and cyclical literacy crisis facing America today and it begins with our children. Twenty-five million children in just the U.S. cannot read proficiently. Reading Is Fundamental believes that together we can make a real difference and set our children on a path of growth and opportunity.
- https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/- Multicultural Children’s Book Day, brings focus to all of the amazing children’s books available that celebrate diversity and help children “find themselves” within the pages of the books they read.
- https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=42 - is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children's and young adult literature. The CCBC is a non circulating examination, study, and research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children's and young adult literature.
- https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?detailStory=youth-media-awards-live-coverage-2020: This is the recipient list from the annual American Library Association Youth Media Awards for 2020.