One Moore Book

One Moore Book is a boutique publisher of culturally-sensitive children's books. OMB enhances #literacy with diverse books for underrepresented readers.

[CLPE @clpe1]

Learn about #ReflectingRealities and the work being done by individuals like @ILoveCopyright to advocate for more inclusive, representative books: https://t.co/dIazhwPSL1

#WeNeedDiverseBooks #RepresentationMatters

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This August, we’re partnering with @TheAfricaCenter for a Children’s Book Summer Reading series that will bring 4 dynamic authors to Harlem. Join us every Friday morning from August 9th to 23rd for readings and activities from celebrated One Moore Book and partner authors!

[Michel DeGraff @MichelDeGraff]

Found in translation — and in conversation with Wayétu Moore @OneMooreBook about @MITHaiti @MIT Linguistics​: "These books [in Kreyòl], like [@EdwidgeDanticat's] _Dènye Pye Mapou A_, are sending, to Haiti and to... https://t.co/BNMm8x2XfU

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Alumnus’ children’s book captures the joy of black urban childhood.
"Abdul-Razak Zachariah ’17 B.A. says he rarely saw children’s books that reflected his world." so he wrote one himself.

Read more of his story here: https://t.co/ZmilyxLNOI

[Simon & Schuster @simonschuster]

Dawn Davis of @37INKBOOKS gives an insightful interview about her position as a black woman at the head of a publishing imprint, her own work ethic, and how we can all work towards uplifting marginalized voices.

https://t.co/o6ge1HHUmL

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

The issue isn't just that Disney princesses were exclusively white for the first 55 years of its animated film legacy and had no black princesses for 70. It's not just that brown and black kids never got to see themselves in the Disney princess lineup. https://t.co/mKDhN0LbQ4

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

When people wonder why certain children and young adults don't like to read, do they ever wonder if it's because of the way characters who look like them are portrayed or essentially non-existent in the texts that are available? https://t.co/yEQBifkZqk

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Dream Big. Dream Beautifully.

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Kid's Books Still Have A Lack-Of-Diversity Problem.
A new infographic highlights some troubling stats about representation.

Read more here: https://t.co/YHkFrs8O8c

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@MichelDeGraff discusses his life as a Haitian child being forced to use French during education, and how this experience prompted him to study linguistics in order to help improve educational outcomes for Haitian school systems.
Read more here: https://t.co/uRWfZ9HfAC

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Content we like to see! 🖤✨

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

"Just having them on the shelf does not ... do that teaching or unlearning of the stereotypes that we are barragged with all the time," said Laura Jiménez, a lecturer in Boston University's education school. https://t.co/LhxtynYjp6

[SkepticAfroSAYS:StopAntiAfroRacismInTUNISIA!!! @skepticafro]

.@Wayétu Moore: 'Storytelling gives me a sense of belonging to this world' #SheWouldBeKing by #Liberia #Books @PushkinPress @OneMooreBook https://t.co/i9TIo93mE2

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

Have you read any of the books on this list? https://t.co/uSoG1vJAu4

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[SkepticAfroSAYS:StopAntiAfroRacismInTUNISIA!!! @skepticafro]

.@Wayétu Moore: 'Storytelling gives me a sense of belonging to this world' #SheWouldBeKing by #Liberia #Books @PushkinPress @OneMooreBook https://t.co/i9TIo93mE2

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Photos from the official JAADEH! book launch at the University of Liberia (UL) Capitol Hill campus. Congratulations to author Robtel Neajai Pailey, illustrator Chase Walker, and translator Amos W. Gbaa Sr.

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We love you @Lupita_Nyongo ❤️🧡🖤

[Tiffany Liao @Tiff_Liao]

“I didn’t see myself in stories so I thought reality was dark and the world of imagination was light. I wanted to give darker skin permission to exist in the world of dreams and imagination where possibilities really grow.”

@Lupita_Nyongo making us all cry before 9am #BEA19

[William Yu 유규호 @its_willyu]

Representation matters today

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Why We Need More Black Characters in Fantasy

"From Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, the worlds of fantasy in fiction and film are mostly White. This limitation is more influential than we may realize."
Read more here: https://t.co/9DnY4rdOr4

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Here is a list of 15 bookshops to grab a good book and support a Black-owned business.
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[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

"In the same way that gender gets oversimplified into binaries, women and girls are so often oversimplified into contrasting types,. This was something I had to look hard at as I wrote Blanca & Roja, both as a woman and as a queer woman of color.” https://t.co/Jrc0j1bqLB