From: Lucht, Karla <klucht_at_illinois.edu>
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:47:53 +0000

Thank you for this write-up, Christine.

Last summer at ALA, I went around to most of the publishers telling them that I teach a class, Global Contexts and Social Justice in Youth Lit, and that I was interested in new material.

Each encounter was pretty awkward, and I did get handed some folktales. Then I received the sheepish look and comment, "Nope, it looks like we don't have anything that would work for you."

I'm glad/sad to hear of similar experiences.

karla

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On 2/5/14 1:30 PM, "Christine Taylor-Butler" <kansascitymom_at_earthlink.net>
wrote:
>This would go a long way to acknowledge the authors of color who are
>present at IRA, BEA and ALA but go unnoticed.
>
>!. Ask "Where's the Beef?"
>
>Stop by booths of major children's publishers and ask to see the books
>they have brought with them that are diverse and where race IS NOT the
>source of the conflict.  (this is easy - I did it two years ago and there
>were none - especially in YA categories. Two even confessed they don't
>publish "those" type of books (direct quote).  At the Random House booth
>not a single person pointed out the displayed copies of Alvin Ho by
>Lenore Look which exactly fit my criteria for younger children (a book I
>frequently give as a gift).
>
>
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