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The books are published in the United Kingdom by Andersen Press and were published in the United States by HarperCollins originally, Andersen Press USA now publishes in America. Forty-one book titles have been created since 1989, and the series has sold more than eight million copies in fifty languages around the world.
Children's book author Monica Brown. Mónica Brown (born October 24, 1969) is an American academic and author of children's literature.Known for her Lola Levine and Sarai chapter book series, as well as numerous biographies covering such Latin American luminaries as Tito Puente, [1] Celia Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and Cesar Chavez, she writes relatable characters that highlight the nuance and ...
The Clone Codes has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine, [2] Library Media Connection, [3] Voice of Youth Advocates, [4] Kirkus Reviews, [5] Publishers Weekly, [6] The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, [7] and Multicultural Review. [8] It was an Iowa Children's Choice Award nominee. [9]
Teaching for Change launched the Social Justice Books website in 2017. [12] The Social Justice Book site contains more than 60 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators, along with dozens of book reviews coordinated by the See What We See (SWWS) coalition.
However, data from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that in 1994 there were only 90 children’s books published by and about Latino people as opposed to 371 by and 237 about Latinos in 2022. [13] Within the last few years, there has been a push for more inclusive books within ...
In 2003, Noorullah Babrakzai reviewed Shah's entire Children's Book Series which includes The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water for Multicultural Perspectives. Babrakzai is Afghan who grew up hearing these stories notes that they "are vibrant, engaging, universal stories, not arid geography lessons ... ."
Robert Casilla (born April 16, 1959) [1] is an American artist and illustrator of award-winning children's books. He has illustrated over 30 children's books, including biographies and multicultural stories. [2] His illustrations are influenced by his Hispanic background.
The first book in the India Unveiled Children's Series, written by Robert Arnett and illustrated by Smita Turakhia, has won multiple awards, including the National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval and the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for Best Multicultural Book of the Year. [1] [2]