A presentation for the Old Dominion Summer Institute 2019 on picture books which feature a diverse cast of characters and/or handle hard-to-discuss topics. These titles are mainly for young children and do not reflect a balance in subject matter.

1. Diversity Through
Picture Books
Karen Perry
Old Dominion University
July 2019

2. https://www.livebinders.com/b/2570626

3. Ways to evaluate diversity in your collection
Diversity Auditing 101 article
Jensen, K. (23 Oct 2018). Diversity auditing 101: how to evaluate your
collection. School Library Journal. Retrieved from
https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=diversity-auditing-101-how-to-
evaluate-collection
Part of the Resources and Articles in the SLJ Diverse Books Survey.

4. Bias of reviews…
Reviewing while white

5. Themes
• Race and ethnicity (including diverse characters pictured)
• Gender roles, LGBTQ
• Immigrants and immigrant cultures and religion
• Social justice, advocacy
• Disabilities, physical and mental
Note: Pictures with animals or constructs are sometimes used

6. 2016,
2017,
2018
Some titles you probably
already know about,
but just saying…

7. The Water Princess
Putnam 2016

8. ODU Engineers Without Borders

9. The Crane Girl Lee and Low 2017

10. Sparkle Boy Lee & Low 2017.

11. Dreamers
Holiday House 2018
Pura BelPre
Illustrator Award

12. Julian is a Mermaid
Alma and How
She Got Her Name

13. The Word
Collector

14. Say Something – Peter Reynolds

15. Dad's Camera
Candlewick 2018

16. Princess Truly:
My Magical
Sparkling Curls

17. We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands

18. When the Cousins Came

19. Saffron Ice Cream Scholastic 5/2018

20. The Little Red Fort Scholastic 3/2018

21. Best Friends
in the Universe
Scholastic 2018

22. We Don’t
Eat Our
Classmates
Disney-
Hyperion
5/18

23. Surprise

24. 2019
Let’s look at some newer stuff…

25. A New Home

26. As We Grow
Tiger Tales 3/2019

27. Mighty
Reader and
the Big Freeze
Holiday House
7/2019

28. Birds
Candlewick
Press, 3/2019

29. B is for Baby
Candlewick 3/2019

30. Noah Builds
an Ark
Candlewick 3/2019

31. Home is a
Window
Holiday House
4/2019

32. Malala Yousafzai

33. Linus the
Little Yellow Pencil
from Disney-Hyperion
6/19

34. My Teacher is
a Robot
Random House
6/2019

35. The Big Angry Roar
Tiger Tales 3/2019

36. The Spacesuit: How a Seamstress
Helped Put Man on the Moon
Lerner 5/2019

37. Awasis and the World-Famous Bannock

38. Allah Made Everything

39. A Place to Stay:
A Shelter Story
Barefoot Books
August, 2019

40. Forthcoming
FALL 2019 WINTER 2019

41. Why?
Holiday House
8/2019

42. Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People,
Maya Angelou August 2019, Lee and Low

43. A Place to Land
Holiday House
9/2019

44. Child of St. Kilda
Child’s Play International
10/2019

45. Just in Case You
Want to Fly
Holiday House 10/2019

46. The Wolves Who
Came to Dinner
Tiger Tales 10/2019

47. In the Sky at
Nighttime
Oct 2019, Inhabit Media

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