Current Scratch: Join Us!, Local Events, We Need Diverse Books, Interest

Hi folks!  Welcome to the Scratchpad! Yay, fall is here! Hope you are enjoying temps below 90F. Time to write.  Hope those words are flying against the paper. 

JOIN US!  For our upcoming PARTY in December. Deets to be announced soon!  

LOCAL EVENTS

Webinar: Business Tips and Taxes for Writers and Illustrators with Author, CPA, Carol Topp

Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/10/2015
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS 

Big shout out to Natalia Goldberg for sharing a wealth of resources and info below! Natalia is the author of:  Paraguay (Other Places Travel Guide), the indispensable travel guide to Paraguay!

www.discoveringparaguay.com

www.facebook.com/discoveringparaguay
https://instagram.com/discoveringparaguay/

Infographics>

http://i1.wp.com/blog.leeandlow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Childrens-Books-Infographic-2015-copy.jpg?zoom=1.5&resize=474%2C632 (from: http://blog.leeandlow.com/2013/06/17/why-hasnt-the-number-of-multicultural-books-increased-in-eighteen-years/)

http://www.firstbook.org/images/sfap%20lack%20of%20diversity%20ccbc%20list%202015.jpg

Publishers: 

Cinco Puntos Press (El Paso) http://cincopuntos.com

Lee & Low Books (New York)  http://leeandlow.com/

• TuBooks - middle grade, YA fantasy and scifi
• Children's Book Press - Bilingual
• Shen's Books - focus on Asian cultures

 Arte Publico Press (Houston)  https://artepublicopress.com/

• Piñata Books - Children and young adult imprint

Some Latino Authors:

• Pat Mora http://www.patmora.com/
• Monica Brown   www.monicabrown.net
• Margarita Engle - 1st latina Newberry Award winner 2014   www.margaritaengle.com/
• Gary Soto http://www.garysoto.com/index.html

Some Latino Illustrators:

• John Parra  http://johnparraart.com/
• Duncan Tonatiuh  http://www.duncantonatiuh.com/

Resources:

• www.cbcdiversity.com 
• #drawingdiversity (hashtag from CBC Diversity)
• School Library Journal Diversity Issue http://www.slj.com/features/the-diversity-issue-slj-2014/
• School Library Journal article on positive effects of cross racial scenes: http://www.slj.com/2014/05/diversity/how-cross-racial-scenes-in-picture-books-build-acceptance/

  

Tools and concepts for Writing Diverse Characters: 

• Cultural Relevance Rubric: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1003/CR-Rubric.pdf
•   A Checklist to "See" Race/Culture in Kid/YA Books http://www.mitaliblog.com/2014/10/a-checklist-to-see-raceculture-in-kidya.html
• "Casual Diversity"
• Transracial Writing for the Sincere (by Nisi Sawl, author of "Writing the Other") http://www.sfwa.org/2009/12/transracial-writing-for-the-sincere/
• Writing the Other (inexpensive e-book) http://www.aqueductpress.com/books/978-1-933500-00-3.php
• Fundamentals of Writing the Other (with nice illustrations to break up the heavy stuff) http://www.buzzfeed.com/danieljoseolder/fundamentals-of-writing-the-other#.utbKELL6d
• Representing diversity on YA covers: http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/131494165827/representing-diversity-on-2014-ya-book-covers
• Portraying People of COlor in childrens YA fantasy: http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2009/05/18/portraying-people-of-color-in-childrensya-fantasy-are-we-anywhere-near-there-yet/
• There are a ton useful links at the beginning of this post - head down the rabbit hole and be sure to look at the comments too: http://writeworld.org/post/35452234551/gee-i-dont-know-how-to-research-writing
• Another site with tons of useful links, focused on YA: http://www.yahighway.com/2008/01/diversity-in-ya.html
• Good post that touches on the difficulties of writing people of color when you are white (see point 2."white writers, people will go IN on you"). Another one with good comments> http://www.yahighway.com/2011/02/writing-race-in-ya-guest-post-by-nicola.html

Awards: 

Tomás Rivera Book Award http://riverabookaward.org/

Pura belpre http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal

Américas Book Award http://www.claspprograms.org/americasaward

Coretta Scott King Book Award  http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards

Asian Pacific ALA Awards http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/literature-awards/

Stonewall Book Awards http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award

Native American Youth Services Award http://ailanet.org/activities/american-indian-youth-literature-award/

Book Lists: 

• Children's books with casual diversity: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2014/02/04/casual-diversity-and-the-childrens-book/
• Tejas Star Reading List (put together by the Latino  Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL), the Children’s Round Table, Public Library Division (PLD), and the Latino Caucus. http://www.txla.org/tejas-star
• http://www.slj.com/2014/05/diversity/culturally-diverse-books-selected-by-sljs-review-editors/

Diversity Initiatives: 

• We Need Diverse Books: http://weneeddiversebooks.org/
• First Book Stories for All: http://www.firstbook.org/first-book-story/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=297
• Multicultural Children's Book Day: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/
• Children's Book Council Diversity Initiative: www.cbcdiversity.com

INTEREST

Did you know this?  Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has provided 60, 000, 000 free books to almost 1 million kids in the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. Check out the program here.  

The views expressed here are my own, and not necessarily those of the SCBWI.