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- Gendered covers are failing young adult readers at The Guardian
- UK's first black children's laureate: new history curriculum could alienate pupils at The Guardian
- Why Aren’t More Mexican Children’s Books Making it to America? at Publishing Perspectives – Patricia van Rhijin, director at CIDCLI, discusses the problems getting Mexican children's books published in the US. American publishers are "so square," she says.
- Related: A Mexican Conundrum at Fuse #8
- The Truth About Multicultural Stories at The Rumpus
- When the Personal Becomes Political – 2 books that “don’t overstate the obvious but bring a deeper awareness of race, white privilege, and the messy business of transforming society one mind at a time.”
- Guest Blog by Zoraida Córdova at Diversity in YA – Mermaids in America, or, how does this Ecuadorian girl end up writing fantasy?
- A Short List of Great Resources for Racial Diversity in Young Adult Sci-Fi at BitchMedia
- LGBT: The Next Generation by Bill Konigsberg at Diversity in YA