The resources on this page are offered to provide guidelines, assistance, examples, and materials related to multicultural and diversity resources and collections.
Colorín colorado: Helping Children read...and succeed (a bilingual site with booklists and resources focusing on multicultural and ELL materials, themes and literature) www.colorincolorado.org/index.php?langswitch=en
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature Librarian's site where you can search for titles by ethnicity, country, multi cultural and language. www.dawcl.com
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Excellent initiative to assist with literature in translation. Book lists and guides tied to translation awards and library themes. glli-us.org
The Rainbow List is a bibliography of current books for young readers from birth through age 18 dealing with the myriad of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or questioning issues.
We Need Diverse Books. Includes lists of books, resources, media press kits. We Need Diverse Books™ is a grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people. diversebooks.org/
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative https://www.facebook.com/groups/globallit/ The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative strives to raise the visibility of world literature for adults and children at the local, national and international levels. It intends to do so by facilitating close and direct collaboration between translators, librarians and publishers, because they believe translators are uniquely positioned to help librarians provide support and events to engage readers of all ages in a library framework that explores and celebrates literature from around the world. Web page at: https://glli-us.org/
We Need Diverse Books http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/ We Need Diverse Books™ is a grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustrations Gallery. Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream of a pluralistic society. http://www.ala.org/emiert/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-illustrations-g...
Pura Belpré Award. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal
Schneider Family Book Award. The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/schneider-family-book-award
