Diverse Books: A Shared Mission

Have you ever thought, “Whose perspectives am I missing, and how can I include them for all readers?”  Diverse books help us fill those gaps.

When you’re teaching diverse books, TeachingBooks.net helps you instruct with authentic, respectful, primary source materials to enliven discussion and nurture insights.  Here are examples to consider:

• Identify and integrate exceptional multicultural books for all content areas.
  • Share Bryan Collier’s Meet-the-Author Movie in an art or history class when teaching Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave written by Laban Carrick Hill
  • Use Thanhha Lai’s guest blog post in a writing lesson to gain insights into her bilingual writing style in Inside Out & Back Again
• Bring culture and race to the forefront of literary conversations.
  • Yuyi Morales shares how her illustrations reflect her Mexican culture in these Meet -the-Author movies available in both English and Spanish.
  • Jacqueline Woodson’s Meet-the-Author movie shares her thoughts on writing Realistic Fiction from an African American perspective.
• Explore authentic, primary source instructional materials from authors sharing personal insights.
  • I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
  • In her Meet-the-Author book reading, author Lesléa Newman shares that October Mourning: a Song for Matthew Shepard is her personal response to this tragedy.

Let’s continue the conversation!  Join us for our December 14th Webinar of the Month when we’ll highlight diverse books and resources.  Register for the next WOTM.