Diverse Families Bookshelf

DFB is an expansive collection of literature curated to spotlight children's picture books and young adult novels featuring diversity in the family.

[Diverse Families Bookshelf @DIVFamilies]

We just hit over 1,800 books in our collection! Many of these added titles focus on Immigrants and Refugees such as "The Knish War on Rivington Street" by @JFOppenheim and "Saffron Ice Cream" by @rashinkheiriyeh.

Help us reach 2,000 books by the end of the summer! #DiverseBooks

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Read the Signs: Middle Grade Fiction Centering the Deaf Experience https://t.co/9sZT8i9bXi

[Jacaranda Books @JacarandaBooks]

Fiction & #YA editor @CheriseLBaker shares her indigenous Young Adult reading recommendations:
https://t.co/kpVQofDtRz

With books by @RoanhorseBex @silviamg Eric Gansworth @CynLeitichSmith and more...

#YALIt #NativeTwitter #weneeddiversebooks

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

“I shouldn’t have to continue to code-switch just because someone in the audience came not to hear Jason Reynolds but the representation of Jason Reynolds....Your discomfort for a few minutes ain’t got nothing to do with my discomfort for a lifetime.” https://t.co/8J3ICjMkb1

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

A little over a week left to apply for WNDB and @penguinrandom's 2020 Creative Writing Awards program! Seniors at public high schools nationwide can apply to win up to $10,000 in scholarship funds. Eligibility & application: https://t.co/3lnD89FumE

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Happy Black History Month! “We must never forget that Black History is American History.” -Yvette Clarke, U.S. Congresswomen.
#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #happyblackhistorymonth

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"We live in a diverse world. We have a diverse pool of readers who are growing up right now and looking for books that reflect them and their own experiences."
-Cassandra Clare
Visit https://t.co/3ChsFjalfU for book recommendations! #diversity #DiversityandInclusion

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Refugees all over the world seek asylum and all too often, many family members don't make it. "A Path of Stars" by @AnneSbleyOBrien from @charlesbridge tells a heartbreaking story of family and loss. https://t.co/pTQsbwgDdO

Honor and respect the struggle #WorldRefugeeDay

[Mayor Buddy Dyer @orlandomayor]

On this day, and every day, we remember the 49 innocent lives taken on June 12, 2016.

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This princess meets modern times in "Maiden & Princess" by @DanielHaack, @igalupo, and @becca_human from @littlebeebooks. She finds love in the most unlikely of circumstances and is accepted by the racially diverse kingdom.

Read our analysis! https://t.co/8o0kRNoXqN

[Diverse Families Bookshelf @DIVFamilies]

Newest blog post is up! Check out this brief but mighty list of picture books explaining homelessness to children. https://t.co/UOYMzpNgVD

"Kids are curious about their surroundings...Books are one way of explaining homelessness to my daughter."

[Diverse Families Bookshelf @DIVFamilies]

"Lubna and Pebble" by @WendyMeddour and @DanielEgneus from Dial Books is a masterful book about empathy and compassion in the middle of a refugee camp. https://t.co/3UrRnO3VHo

Read our analysis and make sure to click the link to check it out at your public library!

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@michele_mcavoy @IPGbooknews @CardinalRulePrs @ColorfulPages @diversebooks @hansenwriter Congrats!

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What do you get when you mix a gay college student with the underrated sport of hockey? You get the amazing graphic novel "Check, Please!: Book One: Hockey" by @ngoziu from @01FirstSecond.

Read our analysis and check it out from your local library! https://t.co/QT7Tqc5L4x

[Diverse Families Bookshelf @DIVFamilies]

This one's an oldy but a goody!

"The American Wei" by Marion Hess Pomeranc and DyAnne Disalvo-Ryan from @AlbertWhitman is a story about a boy who loses his tooth at his family's naturalization ceremony and enlists the help of the other to-be citizens. https://t.co/GszieWN1ET

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

"Fiction for this age group is a super exciting area right now as there haven’t been a lot of books published in the past and just in the last year so much great stuff has been released." https://t.co/ul89tlPYvD

[Diverse Families Bookshelf @DIVFamilies]

Read our newest blog post about "Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth" by @frankcottrell_b from @HarperCollins.

"[This book] challenges that happiness doesn’t always have to come from a family, but from within." https://t.co/gozXw5HJJx

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Read our student's blog about "In English, of Course" by Josephine Nobisso and @ziborova_dasha.

"Demonstrating how a child can find their voice in another language, and by extension, their agency, this book is as meaningful as it is thought-provoking." https://t.co/887MmHqhBP

[OCLS @oclslibrary]

Saturday, May 4 is Free Comic Book Day. Check out the list of titles that will be available and make your choices before Saturday. https://t.co/k6k3sFLSIB