I’ve giving a couple talks (“Putting the Books to Work” and “The Books are Not Enough”) and these are the resources I mention. Posting this here for any attendees that need it:
Some Places to Help Find Diverse Books
- Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (yearly best list)
- CSML list on TeachingBooks.com (a little easier to navigate/filter)
- We Need Diverse Books website
- The Brown Bookshelf website
- Nerdy Book Club
- Some instagram accounts to follow:
@diversereads
@DiverseBookFinder
@diversebooks
@asiankidlitforkids
@LatinxinKidLit
Some Pre-curated Book Subscription services
Some Ways to Bring Diversity into Your Child’s Reading Life
- Reading Without Walls Reading Challenge: http://read.macmillan.com/mcpg/reading-without-walls/#challenge
- I’m Your Neighbor Books:https://imyourneighborbooks.org/
- Little Free Library: Read in Color Resources.
- The BookStop (posts include the reading suggestion sheets text and the booklist): http://www.gracelinblog.com/search/label/book%20stop
- Book Display tips: https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2018/04/book-displays-2/
- WNDB Book Talking Kit: https://diversebooks.org/resources-old/post-4420/
- The Kids Ask Authors Podcast: https://www.kidsaskauthors.com
- Breathing New Life into Book Clubs, by Sonja Cherry-Paul and Dana Johnson: https://bookshop.org/books/breathing-new-life-into-book-clubs-a-practical-guide-for-teachers/9780325076850
- Author Expert program: https://www.instagram.com/p/COXsqc7nlSa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
- Charlesbridge’s Storytelling Math books: https://www.charlesbridge.com/search?page=1&q=storytelling++math&type=product
- Mathical Awards: https://www.mathicalbooks.org/2024/02/2024-mathical-winners-announced/
Storywalk:
- How to Get Permission for StoryWalks®: https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2021/04/how-to-get-permission-for-storywalks/
- more StoryWalk info: https://bookriot.com/making-a-storywalk/
- I’m Your Neighbor Books Storywalk info: https://imyourneighborbooks.org/projects/storywalk/
Collaborative school visits with Public Library: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/03/01/a-recipe-for-book-joy-collaborative-school-public-library-author-visits-by-eti-berland-emily-day-kelli-pilmer-muffy-pinney-alicia-wiechert/
Help for Book Banning
- PEN America Tip Sheet: https://pen.org/librarian-tip-sheet-harassment/
- Authors Against Book Bans: https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
Resources to use with Grace’s books:
- Activities via book title: https://gracelin.com/activities/
- Grace’s One Minute Myth videos to help introduce “Chinese Menu”: https://gracelin.com/videos-one-minute-myths/
- Grace’s draw the rabbit video (for “Once Upon a Book,” “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” and “Thanking the Moon”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3VS3E51RN0&feature=youtu.be
- Grace’s rabbit lantern craft (for “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” and “Thanking the Moon”):http://www.gracelinblog.com/2010/09/bunny-lantern-craft.html
- Lunar New Year paper cut out templates (scroll down): https://gracelin.com/bringing-in-the-new-year/#activities
- Grace’s other videos for kids, including her short draw-a-long tutorials: https://gracelin.com/videos-for-kids/
- Grace’s videos for educators, including her TEDx talk: https://gracelin.com/videos-for-educators/
- Activity Book and Event Kit (Go on Minli’s Journey) for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: https://gracelin.com/where-the-mountain-meets-the-moon/#activities
- Readers’ Theater with Starry River of The Sky and more:
https://gracelin.com/starry-river-of-the-sky/#activities - Elaborate Readers’ Theater (for the ambitious) and activities for When the Sea Turned to Silver:
https://gracelin.com/when-the-sea-turned-to-silver/#activities