Today I ran across a great post over at MyBrownBaby explaining why we need more black children’s books in major retailers like Borders. The author of the post and creator of MyBrownBaby, Denene Millner breaks down what happened when she recently went to Borders. Check out this excerpt and follow the link to her site to find out how it all played out.
My neighborhood Borders was running a children’s book drive for a local hospital and since Denene loves the children and books, I offered to purchase two books for donation. Grateful I was participating, the cashier offered up a stack of books for me to choose from. And what do you know, not nan one of them””save for a lone “Princess and the Frog” book buried all the way in the back/bottom of the pile””featured children of color.
Not. One.
Now, you know how I do: I’m a huge proponent of children’s books featuring characters that look like my girlpies, and I’m especially gangsta about getting these books into the hands of ALL children, not just black kids…
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