Saturday, October 1, 2016

#DiverseKidLit: Favorite Diverse Author/Illustrator

Our theme for today's Diverse Children's Books linkup is Favorite Diverse Author or Illustrator. Who is your must-read author or must-see illustrator? (The theme is only a suggestion. Diverse posts on alternate topics are always welcome.)

What Is #DiverseKidLit?


 Diverse Children's Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children's books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of diversity including (and certainly not limited to) diverse, inclusive, multicultural, and global books for children of all backgrounds.

We encourage everyone who shares to support this blogging community by visiting and leaving comments for at least three others. Please also consider following the hosts on at least one of their social media outlets. Spread the word using #diversekidlit and/or adding our button to your site and your diverse posts.

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We hope this community will grow into a great resource for parents, teachers, librarians, publishers, and authors! Our next linkup will be Saturday, October 15th and on the first and third Saturdays of every month.

Upcoming Theme


Our theme for the current linkup is Favorite Diverse Author or Illustrator. Themes are a suggestion only; all diverse book posts are welcome. If you're interested, you can start planning now for our upcoming themes ...
  • October 15th linkup: We will continue the Favorite Diverse Author or Illustrator theme.

Most Clicked Post from Last Time



Our most-clicked post from the previous #diversekidlit linkup is KitaabWorld's Bilingual Picks. This great round-up post includes bilingual favorites in a range of Asian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and Urdu. There are also links to more titles and more languages at the end of the article.

My #DiverseKitLit Shout-Out



The Princess and the Warrior: a tale of two volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh debuted last week! This classic legend from ancient Mexico has roots in the Aztec and Tlaxcalan cultures, and Duncan has also included a connection to the Mixtec codices which inspired his signature artistic style. The artwork is incredible, and the story reads like a Shakespearean tragedy. This is a wonderful addition to any classroom or library and definitely one I will be talking about come Caldecott time!

For more about Duncan Tonatiuh, please read Featured Illustrator: Duncan Tonatiuh, part 1: fictional stories and part 2: biographies.

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4 comments:

  1. Randomly ReadingOctober 01, 2016

    This new book by Duncan Tonatiuh looks awesome. He is such a favorite author/illustrator of mine as well.

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  2. JudyOctober 01, 2016

    A classic is Monster by Walter Dean Myers. In that book he played with structure brilliantly.

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    1. Katie TheLogonautsOctober 09, 2016

      Thanks for the heads up, Judy! I have this one in my classroom library but haven't read it yet myself. #diversekidlit

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