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[bestbrothertournament]

Best Brother Tournament - Seeding Group 14

Ben Freeling (Haunted Hotel)

Fester Addams (The Addams Family)

Gomez Addams (The Addams Family)

Ian Branagh (Young Dracula)

Michael Emerson (The Lost Boys)

Nathan Freeling (Haunted Hotel)

Paul Branagh (Young Dracula)

Pugsley Addams (The Addams Family)

Robin Branagh (Young Dracula)

Sam Emerson (The Lost Boys)

Vlad Dracula (Young Dracula)

Zed Necrodopolis (Zombies)

Voting ended onFeb 20

[transparentfossil]

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[crossingscon]

Don't forget! In two weeks, Crossingscon's first book club will happen! Our book is The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, and we'd love to have you join us! #crossingscon #thethief #meganwhalenturner

[weneeddiversebooks]

The Cooperative Children's Book Center has released the results of their 2019 survey on diversity in kidlit/YA.

We thank them for this invaluable work, note their commitment to adding Arabs/Arab Americans in future surveys, and present these graphs of their findings.

The 3,716 books surveyed have this many main characters total for the following groups:

Black/African: 11.9%

First/Native Nations: 1%

Asian/Asian American: 8.7%

Latinx: 5.3%

Pacific Islander: 0.05%

White: 41.8%

Animal/Other: 29.2%

LGBTQIAP+: 3.1%

Disability: 3.4%

"Taken together, books about white children, talking bears, trucks, monsters, potatoes, etc. represent nearly three quarters (71%) of children's and young adult books published in 2019." - librarian Madeline Tyner

When we looked at the breakdown for IPOC creatives who wrote and/or illustrated stories with characters of their own race, we found the following:

First/Native Nations: 68.2%

Pacific Islander: 80%

Latinx: 95.7%

Asian/Asian American: 100%*

*NOTE: these percentages include both authors and illustrators and, as pointed out by author Linda Sue Park for past surveys, Asians/Asian Americans are frequently illustrators but not necessarily authors of their own stories, meaning this is not fully reflective of #OwnVoices representation.

Black/African creatives wrote and/or illustrated only 46.4% of stories featuring Black/African characters.

This is the work that still needs to be done.

[vintage1981]

Sarah Jane Remembers the Doctor | Invasion of the Bane | The Sarah Jane Adventures

Sarah Jane reminisces about her times travelling through time and space with the Doctor, and even introduces the kids to her pet dog... K-9!

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[stockyfotos]

Two cuties at #Chubfest coming all the way from Portland! #stockyfotos #chubfestps #palmsprings #palmdesert #cathedralcity #ccbc #ccbcresort #bearevent #gaychubs #gaybears #chubevent #wangsinthedesert #cocktailparty #clothedbears

[leeandlow]

The Diversity Gap in Children's Book Publishing, 2017

The Diversity Gap in Children’s Book Publishing, 2017

Last month, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) released its statistics on the number of children’s books by and about people of color published in 2016. Two years after the founding of We Need Diverse Books, the issue of diversity in children’s books continues to gain traction and media attention; it is the topic of panels, conferences, training sessions, and studies. But is it…

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