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50 Must-Read Children’s Books From the Second Half of 2019

From award-winning authors like Grace Lin and Oge Mora to debut authors and illustrators, these 50 diverse children's books are excellent reads.

Kwame Alexander’s Versify Imprint Launches in April

Get to know Versify, a new imprint from award-winning children's author Kwame Alexander at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Go Beyond Reading Diversely: Buy Diversely, Too

We know that we should be conscious of reading diversely when we're picking up books to put into our eyeballs. But what about the next step? Are we purchasing books as diversely as we're reading?

Lionel Shriver, A Year of Publishing Women, and White Feminism

A response to author Lionel Shriver's dismissal of the Bailey's Prize and the Year of Publishing Women

Famous People Who Need A YA Backstory

Inspired by X: A Novel, about the young life of Malcolm X; other famous people who need a YA backstory.

Discussions About Diversity

Episode #28 of the Dear Book Nerd Podcast is all about diversity in reading!

We Need Diverse Books: Real Teens Have Their Say

Real teens weigh in on the We Need Diverse Books campaign

Publishing’s Diversity Problem: The Response Scale

Have you ever wondered where responses to an evident lack of diversity in publishing fall on the spectrum between ‘sensible’ ...

First Book CEO Discusses Diversity and the “Stories For All” Project

As the We Need Diverse Books campaign gained steam throughout May, one of the many questions asked was how to create ...