In episode 146 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:
Diversity in Library Collections
Diversity in children’s publishing has been a big topic in recent months. Megan has tips for ensuring your library – school or home – is diverse and inclusive, as well as recommending some favourites.
Books we mention
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Bookmail and TBR pile
‘Countdown to Yesterday’ by Shirley Marr
‘What they Told Me’ by Hayley Lawrence
Alphabetter by Maura Pierlot & Jorge Garcia Redondo
Other
2023 Your Kid’s Favourite Read list
The National Centre for Australian Youth Literature: Family Diversity
Issue 128, Term one 2024 Connections, SCIS
Keep Notes And Carry On: A post from Emily Gale’s Substack
Diversity in library collections
Picture Books
Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams by Jeanette Winter
Jessica’s Box (Cerebral Palsy edition) by Peter Carnavas
Be Careful, Xiao Xin! by Alice Pung, illustrated by Sher Rill Ng
The Month That Makes the Year by Inda Ahmad Zahri
Ceremony written by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing, illustrated by David Hardy
Stay for Dinner written by Sandhya Parappukkaran, illustrated by Michelle Pereira
Tayta’s Secret Ingredient by Amal Abu-Eid, illustrated by Cara King
The Heartbeat of the Land written by Cathy Freeman (as told to Coral Vass), illustrated by Tannya Harricks
Love makes a Family by Sophie Beer
One Tree by Christopher Cheng, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke, illustrated by Van T Rudd
Boy by Phil Cummings, illustrated by Shane Devries
My Shadow is Purple by Scott Stuart
Who’s Your Real Mum? by Bernadette Green and Anna Zobel
Wrestle! by Maya Newell and Charlotte Mars, illustrated by Tom Jellet
Come Over to My House written by Sally Rippin and Eliza Hull, illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett
Words Between Us by Angela Pham Krans, illustrated by Dung Ho
Dancing With Daddy by Anitra Rowe Schulte, illustrated by Ziyue Chen
Lucky Me by Lawrence Schimel (translated from Spanish), illustrated by Juan Camilo Mayorga
Outside Amelia’s Window by Caroline Nastro, illustrated by Anca Sandu Budisan
I Will Dance by Nancy Bo Flood, illustrated by Julianna Swaney
Brilliant Bea by Shaina Rodolph and Mary Vukadinovich, illustrated by Fiona Lee
My City Speaks by Darren Lebeuf, illustrated by Ashley Barron
Junior Fiction
What Zola Did (series) written by Melina Marchetta, illustrated by Deb Hudson
Koori Princess by Anita Heiss
Little Ash (series) by Ash Barty and Jasmin McGaughey, illustrated by Jade Godwin
Harriet Hound by Kate Foster, illustrated by Sophie Beer
Our Stories (series) published by Pan Macmillan Australia including:
When Granny Came to Stay written by Alice Pung, Illustrated by Soweol Han
Maku by Meyne Wyatt
The Very Best Doughnut written by Randa Abdel-Fattah, illustrated by Amani Haydar
29 Things You Didn’t Know About Me written by Solli Raphael, illustrated by Olana Janfa
Aussie Kids (series), published by Penguin Books Australia, including:
Meet Taj at the Lighthouse by Maxine Beneba-Clarke, illustrated by Nicki Greenberg
Meet Katie at the Beach by Rebecca Johnson, illustrated by Lucia Masciullo
Middle Grade
When I See Blue by Lily Bailey
Ways to Be Me by Libby Scott & Rebecca Westcott
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
My Life As an Alphabet by Barry Jonsberg
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Paws by Kate Foster
The Bravest Word by Kate Foster
The Unlikely Heroes Club by Kate Foster
Aster’s Good Right Things by Kate Gordon
Indigo in the Storm by Kate Gordon
Esme in the Limelight by Kate Gordon
Xavier in the Meantime by Kate Gordon
The Wintrish Girl by Melanie La’Brooy
Huda Was Here by H. Hayek
Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang
The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm by Karen Foxlee, illustrated by Freda Chiu
No Words by Maryam Master
The Rebels of Mount Buffalo by Helen Edwards
Further listening
Episode 11: Must-Read Books by First Nations Creators
Episode 39: Books About Families
Episode 72: Collection Development For Libraries
Episode 127: 10 minutes with Seth Malacari
Episode 125: 10 minutes with Alison Evans
Episode 121: 10 minutes with Alice Pung
Episode 116: 10 minutes with Gary Lonesburgh
Episode 114: 10 minutes with Chemutai Glasheen
Episode 103: 10 minutes with Rebecca Lim
Episode 101: 10 minutes with Samera Kameleddine
Episode 58: 10 minutes with Shirley Marr
Our books
The Mapmaker Chronicles series by A. L. Tait
The Ateban Cipher (duology) by A. L. Tait
The Maven & Reeve Mysteries by A. L. Tait
The First Summer of Callie McGee by A. L. Tait
The Beehive by Megan Daley
Teacher, Teacher (anthology), edited by Megan Daley
Raising Readers by Megan Daley
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