Montana Public Radio/Children’s Corner

Children’s Corner

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Montana Public Radio

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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.

https://diversebooks.org/

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.                 

https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpre

https://kibooka.com/