Presentation at VAASL conference, November 2019.

1. Diversity INFUSION
Through
Picture Books
Karen Perry
kperry@odu.edu
Old Dominion University
November 2019

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3. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC
Human body:
1. Skeleton
2. Muscles
3. Skin
Plants:1. Seeds2. Growing in urban settings
3. Farm plants

4. 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.

5. Dealing with Unconscious Bias…
By Using Intentional Inclusion
INFUSION?
Continuous introduction of one thing into another to make it
stronger. An intentional soaking.

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

7. Dreamers
Holiday House 2018
Pura BelPre
Illustrator Award

8. Julian is a Mermaid
Alma and How
She Got Her Name
Stonewall Award
Caldecott Honor

9. Sparkle Boy Lee & Low 2017.

10. The Word
Collector
Scholastic 2018

11. Dad's Camera
Candlewick 2018

12. Princess Truly:
My Magical
Sparkling Curls
Scholastic 2018

13. We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands
Scholastic 2018

14. When the
Cousins Came
Holiday House 2018

15. Saffron Ice Cream Scholastic 2018

16. The Little Red Fort Scholastic 2018

17. Best Friends
in the Universe
Scholastic 2018

18. We Don’t
Eat Our
Classmates
Disney-
Hyperion
2018

19. 2019
Let’s look at some
newer titles …

20. A New Home
Candlewick 4/2019

21. Home is a
Window
Holiday House
4/2019

22. As We Grow
Tiger Tales 3/2019

23. B is for Baby
Candlewick 3/2019

24. Noah Builds
an Ark
Candlewick 3/2019

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

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

27. Linus the
Little Yellow Pencil
from Disney-Hyperion
6/2019

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

29. The Big Angry Roar
Tiger Tales 3/2019

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

31. Astro Girl
Candlewick 9/2019

32. Awasis and the World-Famous Bannock
Highwater Press 2019

33. Allah Made Everything
Islamic Foundation 2019

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

35. Malala Yousafzai
Lee and Low 2019

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

37. A Place to Land
Holiday House
9/2019

38. Little Frida:
a story of Frida
Kahlo
Candlewick 2019

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

40. The King of
Kindergarten
Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin
Random House 2019

41. Butterflies on the
First Day of School
Sterling 2019

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

43. In the Sky at
Nighttime
Inhabit Media May 2019

44. The Pencil Inhabit Press 4/2019

45. Sulwe
Simon & Schuster
10/2019

46. Riding a
Donkey
Backwards
Wise and Foolish
Tales of Mulla
Nasruddin
Candlewick 8/2019
My
Grandma
and Me
Candlewick 8/2019

47. Around the Table That Grandad Built
Candlewick 2019

48. This is My World:
Meet 84 Kids From
Around the World
Lonely Planet Kids 5/2019

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