Ever wondered what it's like to win both a Newbery AND a Caldecott award? Author/illustrator and delightful human, Grace Lin, is with us today and she shares all the behind-the-scenes award info you've been looking for, plus: Why it's important that books serve as both windows and mirrors.Why books get banned.How a better solution beyond cultivating lists of diverse books might be to integrate diversity and inclusion into the curriculum at large: math, science, English, health, etc. and what...
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Ever wondered what it's like to win both a Newbery AND a Caldecott award? Author/illustrator and delightful human, Grace Lin, is with us today and she shares all the behind-the-scenes award info you've been looking for, plus: Why it's important that books serve as both windows and mirrors.Why books get banned.How a better solution beyond cultivating lists of diverse books might be to integrate diversity and inclusion into the curriculum at large: math, science, English, health, etc. and what...
Cindy Baldwin - Where We Discuss Perfect Character Names, Disability Representation, and Forever Homes
MG Book Party
37 minutes
3 years ago
Cindy Baldwin - Where We Discuss Perfect Character Names, Disability Representation, and Forever Homes
Author Cindy Baldwin shares her journey writing The Stars of Whistling Ridge! She offers amazing insight into disability representation, and chronic illness in fiction, sharing her own experience so generously! Cindy is so careful to represent her characters well, and her words are as magical as her premise in this book about the wandering family of a fallen star. You can connect with Cindy and follow her books at the following links: Cindy's Website Twitter: @beingcindy Instag...
MG Book Party
Ever wondered what it's like to win both a Newbery AND a Caldecott award? Author/illustrator and delightful human, Grace Lin, is with us today and she shares all the behind-the-scenes award info you've been looking for, plus: Why it's important that books serve as both windows and mirrors.Why books get banned.How a better solution beyond cultivating lists of diverse books might be to integrate diversity and inclusion into the curriculum at large: math, science, English, health, etc. and what...
