Ah, so that's why my grandchildren are to brilliant! 8-) Really, this is very interesting. Thanks for posting it.

That's cute, Rosi, and probably true!

Some interesting offerings here.

Thanks, Rosi. I agree with you!

I thought so, too, Sue. Thanks!

This looks like a good addition to elementary libraries. I'm sure some districts will ban it, but that will help drive sales!

You are totally right about that, Rosi. Great point!<br /><br />Thanks for your comment!

Thanks, Nancy. I will pass these along.

Nancy,<br /><br />Thank you soooo much. This post warms my heart. Thank goodness for Lynda Burch for seeing the need for diversity in children&#39;s books. I applaud her very loudly! A huge congrats to you too, Nancy, for your passion to blog about this important topic. I am honored to be a part of the GAP family of authors.<br /><br />Nicole Weaver<br />Award- winning Author<br />http://

Three Cheers to Lynda for publishing these great books! And Three Cheers to you Nancy for making us all aware of them! And Three Cheers to the amazing authors and illustrators for having such wonderful ideas and following through with them! Kudos to all.<br /><br />Barbara Cairns<br />Author of Gatsby&#39;s Grand Adventures series<br />www.barbaracairnsbooks.com<br />[email protected]<

I wasn&#39;t aware of most of these books. Thanks for telling me about them.

Nancy, thank you so much for showcasing GAP&#39;s multi-cultural books! We live in a &quot;rainbow&quot; world and need to continue to celebrate and support all our children.

Nancy, I&#39;ve read and enjoyed several of the books posted (including yours!) and think it&#39;s wonderful that Guardian Angel Publishing addresses diversity. I&#39;m proud to be a GAP author:)

A wonderful presentation Nancy. Kudos to our publisher, Lynda S. Burch and also to all of the wonderful authors at Guardian Angel Publishing Inc. This is a subject that is also near and dear to my heart. I hope and pray always for peace and acceptance for all people. What better place to cultivate acceptance, than with the books our children can cuddle up and befriend? Thank you all for

Super article, Nancy. These books all encourage young readers to embrace diversity, and appreciate the ideas and cultures of others. Understanding cuts the ground from under fear. Pinned to my Indie Writers and HOOK Kids on Reading on Pinterest.<br /><br />Books for Kids - Manuscript Critiques<br />http://www.margotfinke.com

Thanks so much, Barbara, for your comments. So appreciated!

So glad you approve of the article, Nicole. I agree that GAP has done the right thing by lionizing these topics. A lovely comment, and I appreciate it!

So glad you found them, Rosi. It is a meritorious group, one of which GAP is proud. Thanks for your support!

So true, Penny, and I look forward to showcasing our other books as well. Thanks for your comments!

Thank you so much, Joni! I can&#39;t wait to showcase your new book, Rainbow of Friendship, which deals with this very topic!

Thank you so much for your awesome compliment. I do appreciate it. Guardian Angel is the conduit for all these positive things.

Thanks, Margot, for your lovely comments and for your help with the logos, etc. Team efforts are always wonderful! Thanks once more for your ongoing support!

Great graphic Margot!

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I have rad all of these books except Magical Mia which is on my list. And I applaud them. Thanks for the post.

A pleasure, Donna, to be among such authors as yourself who have taken up the gauntlet of writing to make the world a better place.

I second that!

You have been and continue to be such a great supporter of fellow authors&#39; books. Kudos to you, and thanks for the support!

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I used to tell my students the best thing about teaching high school English was having an excuse to re-read my favorite books. They found it hard to believe I had read some books more than forty or fifty times and still loved them and was surprised by them. No question To Kill a Mockingbird is the best of the best of coming of age novels. I also think Lord of the Flies belongs near the top of

This sounds familiar, Rosi...So many of us teacher types are the same! I hadn&#39;t thought of Bees, but it is marvelous! A good friend of mine, Augusta Scattergood, has written another good one--Glory Be. It won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award this year.<br /><br />Many thanks for the support!

Heartfelt review for a well needed children&#39;s book. Mary, best wishes for your continued success.<br /><br />Best,<br />Donna

Hi Nancy, thanks for showcasing Mary&#39;s book -- another sweet story about family love, faith, and hope -- wishing Mary much success.

This is a great book, reflecting Juanito&#39;s positive attitude as an inspiration for all children. It not only portrays a boy&#39;s disability but also his ability to have fun and look forward to the activities of life and his surroundings. Great review Nancy, and Mary and Denis, I wish you both much success.

This looks like a book that should be in every library. Thanks for the review.

Thanks for your kind comments, Donna! I certainly agree with you.

Thanks, Penny. What a gorgeous way to describe Mary&#39;s book!

Absolutely, Rosi! Couldn&#39;t agree more. Thanks, too, for your support.

Thanks, Susan. And I&#39;m so glad you mentioned Denis, without whom half of the book would not be so grand!

Good post! Publishers need to remember this (and their marketers as well, since there has been controversy in YA about some book covers being changed).

Nancy,<br /><br />You are a brave soul to write about this important topic. Yes indeed, books should represent are current population. This is the reason I self-published my first book. I wanted the main character Marie, to be black. I am hopeful things will change in the near future. Thanks so much for posting this, you rock!<br /><br />Nicole Weaver<br />Award-winning Trilingual Author<br /

I just read Hold Fast by Blue Balliett, which is a great novel published by Scholastic. The characters happen to be African-American. But, you&#39;re right, there are very few books about minority kids available. I wonder if that&#39;s because most writers are White.

Nancy, one of the reasons I believe there is such a poor response to &quot;other population&quot; books is not due to disinterest in the subject matter but often it has an economic source. Children from Black and Latino homes often have less discretionary funds for the purchase of books. These homes do not have magazine subscriptions and other reading materials around the house.Their parents do

Yes, Kathy, I know this has happened. I do wish some publishers would be more sensitive to this issue. Everyone would win!

Thanks, Nicole, for your kind words. It is an issue that needs to be addressed and addressed again until things change. So interesting what you&#39;ve said here about your first book. Also interesting that GAP was eager to take it! All Houses should be so enclusive...

I do think part of that is the reason. I&#39;ve also heard over and over that publishers won&#39;t take a chance on black or Hispanic protagonists yet. Surely that will change in the near future with our population changes!<br /><br />Thanks, as usual, Janet!

Yes, I do think finances play into the outcome of which we&#39;re speaking. I do, though, think it&#39;s just one of the many reasons. If we writers write about a protagonist of color, that will go a long way to right these slights.<br /><br />Thanks, Terry, for your continuing support!

As a teacher, I&#39;m sensitive to &quot;fair play,&quot; and called on boys &amp; girls alternately, to be fair &amp; equal. The same for for books. It&#39;s up to teachers to find multicultural books &amp; showcase them to their students -- especially since minority families have less income to buy books. And we have to write for a multi-cultural audience, &amp; promote them in schools. Kids

Thanks for your comment, Penny. writing for diverse families is an inherently good thing and should be taken seriously. Also, when teachers model this multi-cultural behavior, it sets such a good example for all students.]]Thanks!

Great content matter Nancy. I think it would be a great service to children if publishers would make the characters in most children&#39;s books multicultural. Unless it is an ethnic book I don&#39;t see why they should not. All children love to identify with the characters in a book, and building self esteem is part of a child saying, &quot; that could be me, and I could do that just like her

Nancy,<br /><br />I liked what Lynda did with my books. The kids can easily be biracial. The same is true with my soon to be published MY BROTER IS MY BEST FRIEND.

There certainly are not as many books as there should be. At this point I don&#39;t know of any publisher who isn&#39;t looking for multicultural books. It&#39;s their biggest demand. At pen and Ink, three of us are writing books with &quot;non white&quot; (what a weird word!) Lupe&#39;s books all have Hispanic main characters. Hilde&#39;s YA book Wet Foot, Dry Foot has Cuban heroines. My book

Absolutely kids should be able to see themselves in books! I remember the days when children of color had no dolls that &quot;looked like them.&quot; That always bothered me. Happily, that situation has been remedied. It&#39;s time for books to do the same, and teachers are part of the solution.<br /><br />Thanks!

Thanks, Susan. And, of course, marketing is what drives book acquisition and sales. The other part, and I knew this when writing the Bella and Britt books, is many publishers won&#39;t take them, because they feel anything but &quot;white&quot; won&#39;t sell as well. That has to end.<br /><br />Thanks, as always, Susan.

It&#39;s interesting, because I actually thought of Lupe when putting this post together! I wish you all the greatest success with your cutting edge books. I&#39;m so delighted to read what you are all doing. Kudos to you!

Interesting information, Nancy. When I wrote Little Shepherd, I didn&#39;t consider race or ethnicity simply because I wanted all kids to relate to the story. The character, as a shepherd boy at the time of Christ&#39;s birth, would be Middle Eastern. His struggles, however, could pertain to any young person.

Interesting post and comments. Considering the ever evolving population across the worlds it certainly is imperative that all ethnics are represented in children&#39;s book, making it easier for all to relate and to learn to love to read because the reader can relate.

Nancy,<br /><br />This is great news! Thanks for sharing. I love having a printed book in my hands when I read. I am not too fond of ebooks. <br /><br />Nicole Weaver<br />Award-winning Author<br />http://nicole-weaver.com

Thanks Nancy . Interesting subject. I know I would rather hold a book. The screen thing gets old real quick. I think for the younger crowd, a library is a place of comfort. I know for my kids it is.

Very interesting! So glad to know librarians are still in demand, since that&#39;s my previous gig. :)<br />Exciting to be part of this ever-evolving world of books.

Yes, there is hope for printed books:) Thanks for sharing the good news, Nancy.<br />

This is so good to hear. I can&#39;t imagine a world without books. It is good to know young people have appreciation for them as well.

I am so happy this is true. Real hard copies will alway come first in my heart.<br /> However I just discovered that there are a lot of books on Amazon - classics for 99 cents. I bought the complete Anne Series and the first fourteen OZ books for 99 cents each. The also had Little Women and The Five Little Peppers. Now of course, I have these in hard copy, but that though of carrying them with me

I have to admit to the same thing, Nicole. I&#39;m certainly books will hold their own...Thanks.

Thanks for your comment, Susan. I love your description about a library&#39;s being a place of comfort, because that&#39;s exactly what it is!

Thanks for your comment, Cynthia. I agree that living in the world of books is amazing, and I love it, too. Nice to learn that you were a librarian! One of those lovely folks on the front line...

Thanks, Joni, and for your ongoing support. So appreciated!

Thanks, Rosi, for your comment. I agree. No books--no world as we know it!

It sounds as if your library continues to grow, Sue. I think you&#39;re a &quot;crossover&quot; like many people are. Using the best of both worlds is becoming the norm.<br /><br />Thanks!

I strongly suspect that these lists are because these books are assigned reading. Silas Marner, MacBeth and Julius Caesar were all assigned reading in the 4 high schools I attended in different states. I ended up having to read Julius Caesar three times because of transferring school systems. Fortunately I only had to suffer through Silas Marner only once. 1923 is an odd list. I might have

Yes, Sue, I think this is true, as I mentioned to you on fb. Too bad about Julius Caesar, though! It&#39;s interesting, because we&#39;re always taught that the old books are the right path (no pun intended), but I think the 2012 list is spectacular, particularly for the occurrences of the past 70 years. Thanks, Sue!

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Interesting post.

How true is that, Rosi!<br /><br />Thanks.