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Articles about writing
Tips for starting school or pre-school
Using picture books
to talk about consent

Writing & publishing
Inclusively

Talking about sleepovers
Various articles for those interested in child development
Gendered marketing and children's books
Using picture books
to talk about empathy

Beyond inclusion in Chidlren's books
Using picturebooks to talk about challenging topics

Author Interviews

On writing Lola & Leo,
Must-have Children's Books, Literacy Rituals and things parents can do to support children's reading

with the wonderful site
Here Wee Read 2017

Author Spotlight
2017 interview for KidLit 411 a
one stop information shop for children's writers and illustrators

Interview
with speech-language pathologist Jeanette W Stickel and her kindergarten students on her blog SpeakWell, ReadWell

Author blog
for Charlesbridge Unabridged -
Charlesbridge Publishing's Author & Illustrator blog:
Ask the Author - December 2011


Articles by other people - my favourite pieces on various topics

Natual Inclusion
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I care passionately about children's right to see themselves in books for no reason at all - this is called all sorts of things. I like the expression 'natural inclusion' best. The articles below explore the topic...

We Don’t Only Need More Diverse Books. We Need
More Diverse Books Like
The Snowy Day.

One of my favourite articles which really says everything I've ever wanted to say on the subject of 'natural inclusion'
By Rumaan Alam in Slate Magazine:

28 Black Picture Books that are not about Boycotts, Buses or Basketball
by Scott Woods
The first in a series on
Scott Woods Makes Lists

School Library Journal articles

How Cross-Racial Scenes in Picture Books Build Acceptance
by Krista Maywalt Aronson
& Anne Sibley O’Brien:
here

Diverse Books:
Don't Categorize as "Special Interest"

by
Ellen Oh: here


Colorblind?
When you say you 'don't see race', you're ignoring racism
by Zach Stafford
in The Guardian - here

7 Reasons why 'Colorblindness' Contributes to Racism
by Jon Greenberg in
Everyday Feminism
- here

Colorblind Ideology is a form of Racism
by Monnica T Williams
in Phychology Today - here

Diversity  in Publishing

Reflecting Realities
an amazing series of reports
developed at CLPE

Reflecting Realities and Representation
My article as part of the series is here.

A Place at the Table
A fabulous starting point for anyone interested in diversity from
CBC Diversity

A video interview with
Rudine Sims Bishop, Ph.D.
Ohio State University

Writing Past The White Gaze
As A Black Author

by LJ Alonge
Super super article

Diverse Books: Don't Categorize as "Special Interest"
by Ellen Oh in
School Library Journal

Guest Post by Patrice Lawrence:
Understand. Support. Challenge.

Jennifer Baker:
When It Comes to Inclusivity in Publishing, Editors Also Play a Role
Strong Women -
it's complicated...

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Sophia McDougall
I hate Strong Female Characters

OR

Tasha Robinson
We’re losing all our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome

Mwangi
The myth of the STRONG BLACK WOMAN

Aqsa Sajjad
I am not Someone’s Sister, Mother, Wife or Daughter: I am Someone, all on my Own

Roxanne Feldman
Diverse Thinking from Diverse Folks About Diverse Books

Best explanation for why
'All Lives Matter' is not an appropriate response to
Black Lives Matter

by Geek Aesthete

Kindness is not Justice
Teaching Kindness Isn’t Enough
Teaching kindness is a staple of elementary practice, but that isn’t the same as teaching justice
by Brett Turner in Learning For Justice

Kindness Is Not The Solution to Racism
by Alicia Sprague at Colorado State University

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