Montana Public Radio/Children’s Corner
RESOURCES FROM MAY 25th CHILDREN’S CORNER PROGRAM
HOST SAM MANNO IN CONVERSATION WITH SHARON LEVIN
Children’s Corner
https://www.mtpr.org/show/childrens-corner
Montana Public Radio
Our discussion started with talking about Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors - and what it means to Children’s and Young Adult Literature. You can read more about it here:
https://scenicregional.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Mirrors-Windows-and-Sliding-Glass-Doors.pdf
There are many resources for reading widely, and empathetically. Here are a few:
We Need Diverse Books
Founded by marginalized authors, We Need Diverse Books strives to diversify the publishing industry and to make bookshelves more equitable—all to promote literacy, build empathy, and reduce bias.
American Library Association Awards which include: (all information is from the ala.org website)
Coretta Scott King Award
Designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards annually recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience. Further, the Award encourages the artistic expression of the black experience via literature and the graphic arts in biographical, social, and historical treatments by African American authors and illustrators.
https://www.ala.org/awards/books-media/coretta-scott-king-book-awards
The Schneider Family Book Award
The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.
https://www.ala.org/awards/books-media/schneider-family-book-award
Pura Belpré Award
This award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Nambé Pueblo, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books. Dr. Jean Mendoza joined AICL as a co-editor in 2016.
https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
AANHPI (ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER) and APIDA (ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER DESI AMERICAN)
Books listed on Nadia Salomon's Instagram page:
Sam Manno and Streak the goat
STONEWALL AWARDS
Stonewall Book Awards
https://www.ala.org/rrt/award/stonewall
The first and most enduring award for GLBT books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table. Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience.