Good morning. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has released their 2019 Diversity Statistics — a report that measures, annually, the numbers of children’s and young adult books by and about BIPOC the center received in the previous year — and the numbers are grim (the numbers are always grim). Why am I sharing this? Because the statistics are interesting, for one, but because awareness of a problem is the first step to changing it.
Can we read? No. 4
Can we read? No. 4
Can we read? No. 4
Good morning. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has released their 2019 Diversity Statistics — a report that measures, annually, the numbers of children’s and young adult books by and about BIPOC the center received in the previous year — and the numbers are grim (the numbers are always grim). Why am I sharing this? Because the statistics are interesting, for one, but because awareness of a problem is the first step to changing it.