Does your child like contemporary fiction? I see a lot of emphasis placed on great fantasy or historical fiction for kids, but plenty of middle grader readers enjoy a good contemporary fiction novel! It’s for those kids that I curated this list of contemporary diverse middle grade books. I do try to include books with…
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Multicultural and Diverse Children's Books
Reading books that reflect a global diversity is important. All children want to see their faces and the faces of their neighbors reflected back at them. Teach your kids about the world around them by reading them multicultural books with diverse characters. We also have multicultural folktales book lists.
30 Days of Diverse Books for 2nd and 3rd Grade
You know how important it is to read diverse books to your children and students. You know that picture books with a diversity of characters and settings enhance the reading experience by reflecting back the world and increasing our understanding ourselves and others. And now you want to find diverse books for 2nd and 3rd…
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Multicultural Early Chapter Books for Kids with Diverse Characters
Every child deserves to see themselves represented in children’s books. If you don’t see your experiences in books, the message is, “you don’t matter.” On the reverse, if only one type of child is portrayed in literature it sets up the false premise that that child deserves a better seat at the table. That’s not…
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Diverse Back to School Books to Help Everyone Feel Welcome!
When thinking about how I would create a list of back to school books, I knew I wanted to make a list that spoke to the experiences of as many children as possible. Hence this list of diverse back to school books was born. Of course, these books need not be exclusively read on the…
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Wonderfully Diverse Poetry Books for Kids
I love sharing poetry book lists and this collection of diverse poetry books for children is one of my favorites. (I might say that about a lot of my lists!) One of the reasons I love reading poetry to my kids so much is that it is so playful. Poetry shows us language is flexible,…
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13 Civil Rights Picture Books for Kids
I try to include diverse books in all my book lists and now is a great time to share this list of civil rights picture books. Books are a great teaching tool and these are perfect to to start a conversation with your kids about the civil rights movement. These picture books about the civil…
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Picture Book Biographies about African-American Women
Kids love to read books about real people who did extraordinary things. This list of picture book biographies featuring African-American women will inspire any child. Kids will learn more details about familiar faces and be introduced to new and amazing African-American women in both recent and distant history as well as learn about how these…
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Historical and Contemporary Native American Middle Grade Books
Although November is Native American Heritage Month, I hope you will include these Native American middle grade books in your children’s reading diet all year long. Indeed it would be rather insulting to decide that November was the only time of the year to read books with Native American characters! This list of chapter books…
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