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Providing children access to characters of color written by authors of color is necessary.

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An Updated Look at Diversity in Children's BooksUsing numbers from the Cooperative Children's Book Center, this infographic—updated from 2015—illustratesrepresentation in children's literature. The quantity of diverse books may have gone up, but thatdoesn't necessarily indicate accuracy and quality oftitles.

Staff, SLJ. “An Updated Look at Diversity in Children's Books.” School Library Journal, MSI Information Services, 19 June 2019, www.slj.com/?detailStory=an-updated-look-at-diversity-in-childrens-books&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=SLJTW&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=articles.

Opinion | Black Kids Don’t Want to Read About Harriet Tubman All the TimeThey need to see themselves reflected in stories that celebrate everyday beauty.

Millner, Denene. “Black Kids Don't Want to Read About Harriet Tubman All the Time.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/children-literature-books-blacks.html.

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