Tag: children’s books

11-Year-Old Girl ‘Sick of Reading About White Boys and Dogs,’ Starts Literary Movement

Check it out at Mashable.com.

Marley Dias’s Twitter campaign #1000BlackGirlBooks is already making a difference.
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Protest Successful: Racist Storybook Off the Shelves

“A Birthday Cake for George Washington” Recalled!

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Children’s book perpetautes racist myth of “happy slaves”

LINK: A Birthday Cake for George Washington

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Quvenzhané Wallis to Write Four Children’s Books for Simon and Schuster

Read at Flavorwire.com.

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Photo source: Diariocritico de Venezuela

The Harlem Book Fair Begins Tuesday, July 14!

Read at Harlembookfair.com.

(We know. The image says Saturday, July 18. Trust us. Events start Tuesday.)

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Jorge Aguirre & Rafael Rosado Talk “Dragons Beware!”

What’s Up With The Future Of The Series

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Cast Firming Up for Tim Burton-Directed Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Eva Green is confirmed. Waiting to hear about Samuel L. Jackson.

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BEA Children’s Author Breakfast Under Scrutiny for Lack of Diversity

Read at Flavorwire…

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