#1000BlackGirlBooks and Diversity in Children's Books
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 29, 2016
An 11-year-old West Orange, New Jersey girl named Marley Dias told her mother she was tired of reading books about white boys and dogs. So she decided to do something about it.
Her idea has morphed into the project #1000BlackGirlBooks, which seeks (by Monday!) to collect books featuring black girls as the main characters. You can suggest books for their collection on Twitter using the hashtag.
Brooklyn author Zetta Elliott and Jason Low, publisher at Lee & Low Books, the largest multicultural children's book publisher int he country,  talk about the issue of diversity in books for children and teens.
Listener-Suggested Books (add your own below!)
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Bright April by Marguerite De Angeli
- One Crazy Summer, PS Be 11, Gone Crazy in Alabama, and Blue Tights by Rita Garcia Williams
- Blast Off by Linda C. Cain and Susain Rosenbaum
- The Black Girl’s Guide to College Success by Sheryl Walker
- Sunne’s Gift by Ama Karikari Yawson
