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10 Great Resources for Teaching About Racism
It’s been 59 years since Brown vs. Board of Education overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in schools, but that doesn’t mean discrimination has disappeared from the classroom. Teaching children...
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Why Multicultural Books Are For Everyone
Over at the book blog The Book Smugglers, Lee & Low is being highlighted today for the “Progressive Publishers Doing Cool Things” feature. Quite a nice honor! In the guest post, I talk a bit about...
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Why is Black Barbie Less Important? Talking To Kids About Race
Guest blogger Howey McAuley graduated with a BFA in Surface Design from East Carolina University. The best job she ever had was managing school book fairs for an independent bookstore. These days most...
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Is My Character “Black Enough”? Advice on Writing Cross-Culturally
Stacy Whitman is Editorial Director and Publisher of Tu Books, an imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS that publishes diverse science fiction and fantasy for middle grade and young adult readers. This blog...
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Join Us for a Diversity Discussion at ALA in Las Vegas
Last year at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, we had a great turnout and discussion during our book buzz event. If you’ll be at ALA, join us again this year to keep the...
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Tearing Down Walls: The Integrated World of Swedish Picture Books
The daughter of an anthropologist, Laura Reiko Simeon’s passion for diversity-related topics stems from her childhood spent living all over the US and the world. She fell in love with Sweden thanks to...
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Lee & Low’s Favorite Banned Books
Banned Book Week started yesterday. For those of you who don’t know, “Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it...
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