Inclusive Booklists

• Social Justice Books
  • See What We See Booklists
• Cooperative Children’s Book Center, School of Education @ UW-Madison
  • CCBC Booklists
  • CCBC Choices
  • Diversity Statistics
• We Are Kidlit Collective Summer Reading
• Oyate

Develop Your Critical Lens

• Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books (Social Justice Books)
• Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors (Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, 1990)
• There Is No Diverse Book (Chad Everett)
• Critically Analyzing Books for Representation (Heise & Torres for Follett)
• Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children’s Books about Indigenous People (Dr. Debbie Reese)
• Evaluating Muslims in KidLit (Hijabi Librarians)
• APALA Rubric to Evaluate Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Literature (APALA)
• Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Sexism and Racism (Teaching for Change)

Analyze Your Collection

• Reading Diversity Lite Tool (Teaching for Change)
• Classroom Library Questionnaire (Lee & Low)
• A Guide To Thinking Critically About Books for Your Classroom Library and Curriculum (Jess Lifshitz)

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR INTERVIEWS & GUEST POSTS

Collection of posts with author / illustrator interviews or guest posts. _{* = video}

*March 2023 – Allida Imprint Debut
Linda Sue Park, Ellen Oh, Grace Lin, & Minh Lê
You Are Here: Connecting Flights

March 2023
Guest Post: The Importance of the Proper Rehabilitation and Release of Sloths
Sam Trull (Photographer)
Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to be Wild (authored by Margarita Engle)

May 2022 – Pride Month Interview
Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell (Authors)
And Tango Makes Three (illustrated by Henry Cole)

March 2022
Guest Post: How to Write a Fractured Fairy Tale Starting with What if…
Josh Funk (Author)
It’s Not… series (illustrated by Edwardian Taylor)
…the Three Little Pigs, …Little Red Riding Hood, …Hansel and Gretel, …Jack and the Beanstalk

*October 2021
Bethan Woollvin (Author & Illustrator)
Little Red, Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Bo the Brave

June 2021
Kate Messner (Author)
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy From Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor (illustrated by Alexandra Bye)

*March 2020
Minh Lê (Author) & Dan Santat (Illustrator)
LIFT

*September 2020
Anna Kim (Author & Illustrator)
Danbi Leads the School Parade

Blogs to follow

• #31DaysIBPOC
• The Conscious Kid
• Pragmatic Mom
• I’m Your Neighbor Books
• The Brown Bookshelf
• Cotton Quilts (Edith Campbell)
• Booktoss (Dr. Laura Jiménez)
• Hijabi Librarians
• Latinxs in Kidlit
• DeColores
• American Indians in Children’s Literature (Dr. Debbie Reese & Dr. Jean Mendoza)