The BLM movement is inspiring a boom in diverse children’s literature.

When a friend of mine, a former teacher, told me the subject of a children’s book he wants to write—an allegory about how the criminal justice system tries to entrap people of color from a young age—my first thought was Dark, man. And then: I wish I’d had access to a book like that when I was a […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Diverse UK children's books recognised

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Diversity in children's books: colouring in required

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Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen' inspires Disney and a children's author

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