<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n All of this is why I want to make\u00a0sure everyone knows about the We Need Diverse Books campaign<\/a>, currently on indiegogo. They are currently three-fourths of the way to their goal of $100,000. Money will be used to diversify classrooms, support diverse authors and programming, \u00a0and more. In other words, it will be used to help make sure kids see themselves in the literature that’s out there. Check out the videos, including one from\u00a0John Green:\u00a0https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/we-need-diverse-books<\/p>\n While I’m here, I wanted to\u00a0mention All-of-a-Kind Family was a\u00a0series, but save the original, the rest have been out of print these past few years. I found this out when I decided my daughter needed a better copy of All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown since mine had lost the cover. The only one I could find was on eBay for $45.\u00a0But\u00a0they’re back! Lizzie Skurnick Books<\/a> reissued the books\u00a0this summer. I ordered them right away. But I still have my dog-earred copies, too. Even the one without the cover.<\/p>\n When did you first see yourself in a book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Can you remember the first time you saw yourself in a book? For me, it was when I read All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor. The book was about five sisters living during the Depression. I had a little brother and … Continue reading ![\"Slide1\"](\"http:\/\/www.squealermusic.com\/madclips\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Slide1.jpg\")
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