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desiprincesa•

She actually completed it a while back

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concise_dictionaryOP•

Oops, I guess I'm a bit behind the times! Sorry if this was a re-post. That's really cool though that she found so many books!

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hereforthedip•

She was on NPR on Friday. She said now that she has her target number of books she'll kesp collecting but her real goal is for there to be more diversity in curriculum. It was so awesome to hear a young kid so up to date about current issues and actively working towards a solution. It was such a good segment and I can't believe she's only 11!!

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BlasianTyga•

I can't wait for whites to find some way to criticize her🐸☕...

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concise_dictionaryOP•

I heard an interview with her on NPR, and it seems like she's already pretty media savvy: the interviewer asked her directly if the point of her book drive was to get more kids to read books about black girls, and she had a good answer about how she just thought it was important for there to be more diversity in the books available so that kids had more options. I mean, it makes me sad in a way that an 11 year-old already seems to know that it would cause major waves to say, "Yes, I do think it would be a good thing for everyone to read more books about black girls," but I think it was smart of her to not get trapped into an answer that would become a soundbite for the 24-hour news/outrage cycle.

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is_a_door•

Very cool! Do you know where there is a list of the books that she collected? Maybe I'm blind, but I couldn't find a list of the books. For little kids (like ages 0-5) here are some that I have around the house, many of which are board books:

  • Corduroy by Don Freeman
  • I Like Myself - Beaumont
  • Everyone Poops (Asian)
  • Hands Are Not For Hitting (many skin colors represented)
  • Ten Tiny Babies by Katz
  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear (although the only children are in one page at the end)
  • The Earth Book by Todd Parr

When you consider I have at least 200 books for very young children in my house right now, the list is not very impressive. These are "mainstream" books, or what I mean is they're not specifically marketed as being for black children. For that, I found this website, and it has books for all ages of children: http://www.blackchildbooks.com/

*Edited because I'm bad at remembering authors' names. Also words.

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concise_dictionaryOP•

I haven't seen a list yet. I'm hoping she'll put one together once the book drive is over. Because you're right: it's depressing how few mainstream kids' books I can think of off the top of my head that have black kids as the heroes, much less black girls! Do you know about The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (it's an old one, so you might already have it and have just forgotten to put it on your list). It has just absolutely gorgeous illustrations.

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