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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Jewish Voices
For the letter “J” I’m focusing on Jewish voices, specifically looking for some titles that don’t focus solely on the Holocaust. Yes, the Holocaust is an important part of history that shouldn’t be ignored, but the Jewish experience is more than the trauma endured during the Holocaust. The Length of…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Indigenous Voices
Much of what children are taught about Indigenous peoples is the horrible history of being pushed out of their land by settlers in the 18th century. What many kids don’t realize is that there are many people who identify with Indigenous tribes throughout the United States today and that their…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Indian Characters
We have a large Indian population in our community. And although Indian culture is as diverse as the over 1 billion people who call India home, I’m always excited when I come across a title with Indian characters. Especially when they portrays a small part of the reader’s culture, religion,…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Incarceration
Although many people automatically think about race and culture when they hear diversity. But, diversity reaches much further and with books like the ones on this list – kids will be able to see that there are people like them in the world. Or conversely, kids will learn to have…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Homelessness
Homelessness doesn’t only affect adults. In fact, some estimates as recent as five years ago suggested 1 in 30 kids experience homelessness. This number, to me, is staggeringly high. I can’t imagine a child trying to attend school while worrying about being hungry or where they’re sleeping that night. These…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Gay & Lesbian Characters in YA
Just like the middle grade list posted earlier today I wanted to focus on YA books with characters that identify as gay or lesbian. Not all the books will feature protagonists that identify as gay or lesbian, but as with each book list, I want to provide a wide range…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Gay & Lesbian Characters in MG
Because the LBTQIA experience encompasses so much, I wanted to be able to focus on pulling out different parts to fit into the alphabet challenge. So for today’s letter – “G” I’m focusing on gay and lesbian characters. Not all the books will feature protagonists that identify as gay or…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Ethnic Diversity
Some letters are just a whole lot easier than others during this challenge. For the letter “E” I decided to go with Ethnic Diversity focusing on titles with large, diverse casts of characters. Many of these titles are written from multiple perspectives making them really interesting to read. There are…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Anxiety
It’s the first official day of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge and I’ve got a few areas of diversity I want to focus on. Anxiety affects everyone differently and also can manifest with other mental illnesses, stress, or other factors. This means everyone’s story with anxiety is different,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Thankful For
These are ten titles that I’m thankful were published this year. I wanted to highlight diverse titles that were published – highlighting different races, religions, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, socioeconomic statuses and more. Diverse titles are still not as easy to find as I’d like, especially when you only have a handful…
