Raising readers who raise up others.
Lifting up picture books with characters, authors, and illustrators who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, LGBTQ+, and Disabled. Giving the spotlight to books that give children windows in others, and mirrors to reflect themselves.
What’s New?
Inclusive Storytime Blog
- Addressing Mindfulness for Kids in the PandemicIf your kids are anything like my 4-year-old, they are experiencing much higher levels of anxiety right now. Clinginess is at an all time high, temper tantrums are more frequent (and make less sense) than normal. Routines and the comfortContinue reading “Addressing Mindfulness for Kids in the Pandemic”
- RWR Best of 2019 Picture BooksWe are absolutely thrilled to reveal the winners of the Read With River book club’s Best Picture Books of 2019.
Great Reads
Check out some of our current favourites
Why are we doing this?
In a 2018 study of books published in North America:
1%
Featured Native American / Indigenous characters
5%
Featured Latinx characters
7%
Featured Asian Pacific Islander / Asian Pacific characters
10%
Featured Black / African / African American characters
27%
Featured animals or other characters
50%
Featured White characters
We can do better than this.
*compiled by the Cooperative Childrens Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
What can picture books do?
When children can see themselves in books, it’s affirming and validating.
When children can develop empathy for others through books, we can transform the world.
Expanding a bookshelf can expand a child’s world and start conversations that create change.
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