An assortment of favorites.
American Indians in Children’s Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
This site provides analysis and recommendations about indigenous peoples in children’s and young adult books and school curriculum. The primary audience is educators. An annotated list of best books by native writers including comics, picture books, and books for middle grades and high school is also available. Links to relevant articles are included along with information about how to start a collection of books about Native Americans.
Disability in Kid Lit
http://disabilityinkidlit.com/
The focus is on the disability in middle grade and young adult literature. They publish articles, reviews, interviews and discussion from the disabled perspective. The audience is readers, booksellers, librarians and educators. The site has a good search function allowing you to search by assistive tools as well as by middle grade and young adult. They are developing a list of recommended materials of disability portrayals. Disability in Kid Lit is also on active on Tumbler, Twitter and Goodreads.
Cooperative Children’s Book Center
https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/
This is a project of the University of Wisconsin/Madison School of Education. They also administer the state-wide literacy program “Read On Wisconsin”. The CCBC is a “gathering place” for books, ideas and expertise and focuses on books for children and young adults. Their audience is school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children's and young adult literature. Each week the website feature a review of a new book. Their regular podcast Shelf Stories includes a review of the book of the week and discusses one or more other books that connect thematically.
Lee and Low Books
https://www.leeandlow.com/
Lee and Low is the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the US. Users can search their site by format, language and theme. They have produced a series of collections by topic and age group (for example, diverse collection for middle school). These collections include teacher guides with resources and activities and information about the reading level and interest level of the particular book. A one stop source for educators!
American Indians in Children’s Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
This site provides analysis and recommendations about indigenous peoples in children’s and young adult books and school curriculum. The primary audience is educators. An annotated list of best books by native writers including comics, picture books, and books for middle grades and high school is also available. Links to relevant articles are included along with information about how to start a collection of books about Native Americans.
Disability in Kid Lit
http://disabilityinkidlit.com/
The focus is on the disability in middle grade and young adult literature. They publish articles, reviews, interviews and discussion from the disabled perspective. The audience is readers, booksellers, librarians and educators. The site has a good search function allowing you to search by assistive tools as well as by middle grade and young adult. They are developing a list of recommended materials of disability portrayals. Disability in Kid Lit is also on active on Tumbler, Twitter and Goodreads.
Cooperative Children’s Book Center
https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/
This is a project of the University of Wisconsin/Madison School of Education. They also administer the state-wide literacy program “Read On Wisconsin”. The CCBC is a “gathering place” for books, ideas and expertise and focuses on books for children and young adults. Their audience is school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children's and young adult literature. Each week the website feature a review of a new book. Their regular podcast Shelf Stories includes a review of the book of the week and discusses one or more other books that connect thematically.
Lee and Low Books
https://www.leeandlow.com/
Lee and Low is the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the US. Users can search their site by format, language and theme. They have produced a series of collections by topic and age group (for example, diverse collection for middle school). These collections include teacher guides with resources and activities and information about the reading level and interest level of the particular book. A one stop source for educators!