Diversity and the State of the Children’s Book

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Diversity and the State of the Children’s Book

February 16, 2013 by elliottzetta

If you’re a member of the children’s literature community then you know Betsy Bird, Fuse8 blogger and Youth Materials Specialist at the NYPL. You probably also know that Betsy runs a monthly Children’s Literature Salon and on March 2nd the focus will be on diversity (learn more here). I hope you’ll join me, Betsy, Sofia Quintero, Connie Hsu, and Jacqueline Woodson as we discuss the challenge of creating equity in the children’s publishing industry. I’ve just joined the diversity committee at my job and it’s fascinating to see firsthand how the college gathers data in order to assess the progress it has or hasn’t made in meeting its diversity goals. Why can’t the publishing industry do the same?

Posted in activism, children's literature, equity, kidlit blogs, libraries, minority issues in publishing, multicultural literature, racism in publishing | 5 Comments

5 Responses

on February 16, 2013 at 3:16 am | Reply Leonicka (@leonicka)

Will you post a recap, please? I’d go to the event but I live in Toronto…
- on February 16, 2013 at 3:25 am | Reply elliottzetta
  
  Absolutely! I’m doing a brief slideshow and giving handouts but will figure out how to post that material on the blog.
on February 16, 2013 at 4:34 am | Reply travels with mary

this is so interesting! I can’t wait to see what comes out of this.
- on February 18, 2013 at 2:36 pm | Reply elliottzetta
  
  me, too! I’m trying to stay optimistic…
on May 18, 2013 at 5:50 am | Reply Robert Trujillo (@RobertTres)

Thats cool, I would like to hear about this after its done too. I enjoyed the panel discussion with you and Neesha about self publishing. It feels like Im not the only one.