Kids want to read books with characters that look like them, or books that were written by people that look like them. They want to be able to see themselves in those books and so many times school libraries do not reflect our children. Here's a list...
Sections
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Representation Matters
Supporting Emotions
First Conversations
Representation Matters
Books written by people for people that look like them
Supporting Emotions
Emotions - those big feelings we all go through. These books help identify emotions and show little learners positive ways of handling those emotions (think deep breaths, acknowledging their feelings, and showing different ways to talk about them)
First Conversations
Books to help with conversations from body parts, to different households, to racism, these books were written by educators to help facilitate conversations at home. (Think what are your family beliefs, how does your family show love to one another, ...
