We are so excited and honored to share this one educator’s example of why books featuring characters like her students belong in her classroom and curriculum. In this guest post, Sandra L. Osorio describes using books that captured her students’ bilingual and bicultural experiences.
When teen readers take over the Lee & Low conference room, we have the chance to talk and ponder all things KILLER OF ENEMIES.
An introduction to this year’s Women and POC Emmy nominees.
For those in New York City education, here is an opportunity to share your experiences teaching and searching for culturally relevant and responsive curriculum and books!
LEE & LOW BOOKS releases Diverse Summer Reading Book List suggestions for Grades K-8.
In this guest post, Taun M. Wright, CEO of Equal Read, lays out some of the arguments for using diverse books in all schools, regardless of student demographics. DeAvian was a disengaged student, more interested in socializing than academics. Her school had well-known books like Ramona but it wasn’t until her Big Sister gave her a … Continue reading Why Do We Need Diverse Books in Non-Diverse Schools?
Lee & Low Likes… Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Since LEE & LOW BOOKS was founded in 1991 we have monitored the number of multicultural children’s books published each year through the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s statistics. Our hope has always been that with all of our efforts and dedication to publishing multicultural books for more than twenty years, we must have made a difference. Surprisingly, the needle has not moved. Despite census data that shows 37% of the US population consists of people of color, children’s book publishing has not kept pace. We asked academics, authors, librarians, educators, and reviewers if they could put their fingers on the reason why the number of diverse books has not increased.
This essay by author Jean Ciborowski Fahey, Ph. D. originally appeared in the CABE 2023 Edition of Multilingual Educator. Jean’s picture book I’ll Build You a Bookcase has been translated into Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Lee & Low Books is proud to be an official vendor of My Brother’s Keeper. Schools across the country will now be able to bring more equity, inclusion, and diversity into their classroom libraries.
