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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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Top Ten Tuesday: Outrageous Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books
This was a hard prompt for me as I don’t tend to do outrageous things. I did think of a couple of things to share, so instead of a Top Ten, it’s more like a Top Five this week! Finished Harry Potter #7 in 2 days – The summer Harry…
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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 – Foster Care
Today completes the first week of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. So far I’ve created 11 book lists and am looking forward to creating a lot more throughout the month. Today’s focus is on the letter “F” and so I thought the best choice would be to offer…
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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 – Depression
According to the World Health Organization 300 million people around the world suffer from depression. That means that many kids and teens either know a family member with depression or are suffering from depression themselves. As usual everyone has a different experience with depression, often paired with other mental illness,…
