Where are the Books that Look Like Me?

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Relatable Chapter Book Series for Diverse Developing Readers - Where are the books that look like me?“Characters in children’s books are almost always white, and it’s a big problem.”  Washington Post, 2014.  The problem is not new.  In 1965 Nancy Larrick’s article in the Saturday Review, “The All-White World of Children’s Books” documented that  just 0.8 percent of the children’s books told contemporary stories about African-Americans. Things aren’t much better today.  When we asked African American child ...

Read More ren who their favorite black book characters were, they didn't have an answer.Why is this a problem?  When children can relate to the characters, they are motivated to read.  This is not a hard problem to address with a solution-minded team.  Big Monty and the Lunatic Lunc

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