# Children's Books - ## [Auditing Diversity in Library Collections](https://orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_UW/db578v/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781440878756) ^2936c6 - Voels, Sarah ; Washington, Rosalind A 2022; New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA - ### Ch. 1 - Ranganathan, SR #[[library science]] - Five laws of Library Science (1930) - Books are for use - Every reader his or her book - Every book its reader - Save the time of the reader - The library is a growing organism - comprehensive history of diversity efforts in libraries especially wrt Newberry, Caldecott, #[[Children's Books]] - lack of #indigenous voices in - In My Mother's House, Velino Herrera - [[Arna Bontemps]] several awards significant #bipoc children's author - Popo and Fifina - Story of the Negro - problematic white depictions of bipoc characters - Rifles for Watie (Newberry 1958) - Nancy Larrick study of #[[Children's Books]] 1960's - 6.7% of 5206 feature a black character - catalyst for [Council on Interracial Books for Children (CIBC)](https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2019/09/check-out-the-interracial-books-for-children-bulletin-archive/) - Virginia Hamilton - Leo Dillon - Mildred Taylor - Coretta Scott King Award (est. 1970) - Ed Young - Lon Po Po - David Diaz - Smoky night - second black protagonist and only latino author #caldecott - Rudine Sims Bishop - [Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yFUojBfowQS9_oOCpX9LBl1-fO4Enr-i/view?usp=drive_link) 1990 - https://library.ncte.org/journals/LA/issues/v85-2/6175 - Michael L Printz Award - Walter Dean Myers - Monster - Was the Cat in the Hat Black? - Jerry Pinkney #caldecott - Lion and the Mouse - Kwame Alexander #newberry - The Crossover - Dan Santat #Caldecott - Matt de la Pena - Meg Medina