Teacher Tools:
CCBC Awards and Best-Of-the-Year Lists https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/links/links.asp?idLinksCategory=2
Disability in Children’s Literature http://disabilityinkidlit.com/ & https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/
CCBC Annual Statistics on Multicultural Literature in Publishing https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/pcstats.asp
Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/
We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/about-wndb/ or https://diversebooks.org/resources/where-to-find-diverse-books/
TeachingBooks.net: https://www.teachingbooks.net/
Nerdy Book Club: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/
Worlds of Words: https://wowlit.org/
The Classroom Bookshelf: http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/
Welcoming Schools: http://www.welcomingschools.org/resources/books/diverse-families/
Social Justice Books: https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/
Children’s Book Council: http://www.cbcbooks.org/
African American Literature Book Club: https://aalbc.com/
A Mighty Girl’s Diverse List of Books: https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=13481
Association for Library Service for Children: http://www.ala.org/alsc/2019-award-speeches
Instructional Materials Center https://imc.library.appstate.edu/book-lists
Wonderopolis https://www.wonderopolis.org/
Kiddle (child-friendly google) https://www.kiddle.co/
The Crayon Initiative https://thecrayoninitiative.org/
A Mighty Girl https://www.amightygirl.com/
Teaching Tolerance https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/art-and-activism
Global Oneness Project https://www.globalonenessproject.org/
Reading and Writing Project https://readingandwritingproject.org/resources/units-of-study-implementation/units-of-study-classroom-videos#
FloVocabulary https://vimeo.com/150641082 (character traits)
Sample character traits (http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson175/traits.pdf)
Admired Author's Blogs:
Peter Brown: http://www.peterbrownstudio.com/the-wild-robot/
Kathrine Applegate https://katherineapplegate.com/
Eoin Colfer https://www.eoincolfer.com/
Andy Runton https://www.andyrunton.com/
Yuyi Morales http://yuyimorales.blogspot.com/
Yangsook Choi https://www.yangsookchoi.com/
Kate Dicamillo https://www.katedicamillo.com/
Alex Gino http://www.alexgino.com/
Peer's Blogs:
Dr. Beth Frye https://bfryeasu.com/
Abby Smith https://smithreads.school.blog/
Brad Hunt https://wordpres7436.wordpress.com
Kayla Pitman https://mrspitmansclassroom.home.blog
Abigail Edwards https://abbyedwards.school.blog/
Colleen McIndoe https://mscolleenm.wordpress.com
Kaitlyn Thompson https://mrsthompsonreads.school.blog/
Coua Yang https://msyang-loves.weebly.com/
Liliana Martinez https://msmartinezreads.wordpress.com/
Alix Shaver https://shaverar.wixsite.com/alixshaver
Lauren Fidler https://fidlersbookblogdot.wordpress.com
Megan Hamrick https://mshamricksreadingblog.wordpress.com/
Britany Murphy https://murphybn.wixsite.com/teach4ever
Morgan Payne https://morganpaynereads.wordpress.com/
Text Sets and Multimodal Sites:
Anchor Text: White Bird
Authors: Madison Sivret, Laura Swaringen, Emorie Estep, Colleen McIndoe, Morgan Payne
Anchor Text:The Night Diary
Authors: Lindsay Carroll, Stephanie Balance, Tamela Queen
Anchor Text:Home of the Brave
Authors: Megan Hamrick, Abby Edwards, Shannon Anderson, Lauren Fidler & Alix Shaver
Anchor Text: Merci Suarez Changes Gears
Authors: Alyssa Scarfato, Shannan Cornell, Abby Smith, Kaitlyn Thompson, Liliana Martinez
Anchor Text: A Boy Called Bat
Authors: Alana Nottage, Brad Hunt, Mckenna Wild, Kayla Pitman
Website Link: https://sites.google.com/view/diverse-abilities
Anchor Text: Garvey’s Choice
Authors: Lauren Brackett, Halie Hamilton, Sarah Jones, Meredith Price
Anchor Text: A Tear in the Ocean
Authors: Megan Laws, Amber Mathis, Britany Murphy, Grace Schmidt, and Coua Yang