I LIKE TO FOLLOW BLOGS BECAUSE THE REVIEWS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IMMEDIATE. I HAVE TO WAIT FOR

PUBLICATIONS LIKE SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, VOYA, AND

BOOKLIST.

Multicultural LiteratureBLOGS

BLOGS

Why follow blogs for multicultural literature?

Depending on the blogs, there are daily, weekly or monthly posts.

BLOGS

Compile reading lists

Recommend the latest books or books to be published

Blogs are trying to get out the word about POC titles and authors

WHY BLOGS ARE USED

For an author, it can be a powerful marketing tool, author personality

For an author, it sells more books

Why Blogs?

Gives voice to anyone with an opinion and an internet connection

For books that have not been published, more hype to buy them when they hit the bookstores

Why Blogs?

For bloggers, it is a way to communicate, invite feedback with comments, influence the marketplace with their reviews, a relationship building tool.

BLOGS BUILD RELATIONSHIPS

Fresh changing content, frequently updated

Hold conversations with COMMENTS & POSTS

Become friends or have some kind of relationship as one posting or one commenting on the post

Link to other sites that is the blogger’s favorites

HOW TO CONNECT

Email- each time there is a post or comment, you receive an email notification (sometimes you just read the email—other times you have to click and go to the post

RSS feed- you have to check your RSS feeds to stay current with postings

Join the blog as a FOLLOWER, make it a favorite

LITERANISTA

A Place For Multi-Cultural Dialogue on Latinos, Books, Technology & More

http://www.literanista.net100 Favorite African-American books of

the 20th century http://www.literanista.net/2010/02/100-favorite-african-american-books -of.html

Top Books To Readhttp://www.literanista.net/2010/02/top-books-to-read.html

READING IN COLOR

 Book Blog that reviews YA books about POChttp://blackteensread2.blogspot.com

POC Reading Challenge -the persons of color reading challenge has been put into place to highlight and celebrate authors and characters of color

http://pocreading.blogspot.comReally great booklists, reviews (she has a

rating system), other blogs she recommends and follows

THE HAPPY NAPPY BOOKSELLER

http://thehappynappybookseller.blogspot.com

graphic novels AA http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6713282.html

Favorite Books 2009 http://thehappynappybookseller.blogspot.com/2010/01/favorite-books-of-2009-two-day-x-2.html

COLOR ONLINE

http://coloronline.blogspot.com/Focuses on women writers of color for adults

YA and children ---books, culture and literacyGreat Article – “Kids of Color and the New

American Whitewashing” http://www.bookslut.com/features/2010_02_015679.php

AMERICAN INDIANS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Debbie Reese - American Indians in Literature http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

Critical perspectives of indigenous peoples in children's books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society-at-large

 Posts, Links to Full text articles, Of Special Interest, First Person stories by Parents & Teachers, Time Themed Lessons, Books Discussed on this Site, Websites with Reviews of Books, Excellent Websites

DR --POC Book Challenge

http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2010/01/about-poc-challenge.html

http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2010/01/second-post-poc-challenge.html

the "color" is not limited to the four groups in the United States commonly labeled as "underrepresented" (American Indian, African American, Asian American, Latino/a American). To gain insight to those four populations and books about them, read Teaching Multicultural Literature in Grades K-8 and Using Multiethnic Literature in the K-8 Classroom. Both are edited by Violet J. Harris.

CYNSATIONS

http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.coma source for conversations, publishing

information, literacy and free speech advocacy, writer resources, inspiration, news in children's and teen literature, and author outreach.

Interview with Jumped author, Rita Garcia-Williams

http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2009/03/author-interview-rita-williams-garcia.html

Top 10 Black History Books for Youth: 2010 http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3976548

 

BLACK EYED SUSAN

 Books and Other PassionsBlack Eyed Susan http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/2009/12/cora-diversity-roll-call-celebrating.html

Has a different look to her blog- there are tabs at the top – just click on Home, Books, Confessions, Conversations, Diversity Roll Call, 2010 Challenges (she belongs to quite a few!)

THE BROWN BOOKSHELF

http://thebrownbookshelf.com/Slj BLOG recommended –The Top 100 Children’s

Fictional Chapter Books Poll http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1570051557.html

The Brown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers

Also 28 Days Later, a month-long showcase of the best in Picture Books, Middle Grade and Young Adult novels written and illustrated by African Americans.

SOCIAL JUSTICE CHALLENGE

Social Justice Challengehttp://socialjusticechallenge.mawbooks.com/ Reading and literacy can not only make us better individuals

but it can also motivate us to effect greater changes around us.

The 2010 Social Justice Challenge urges us to become literate learners of unjust causes and will give us the tools to empower us to literally make changes in our world for the better.

12 months. 12 themes. Countless lives changed. Monthly causes with questions posed, book, video, movie,

website recommendations