diversity – Page 2 – Paula Yoo

From Books to Cheese Curds to Bhaṅgṛā Dancing & More: 2015 South Asia Book Awards!

October 25, 2015

I’m still recovering from an intense but fun weekend in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin, where I was one of the winners of the 2015 South Asia Book Awards for my children’s picture book biography, TWENTY-TWO CENTS: MUHAMMAD YUNUS AND THE VILLAGE BANK (illustrated by Jamel Akib, Lee & Low Books 2014). The South Asia Book Award is given…
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Why #WeNeedDiverseBooks

December 18, 2014

I recently posted a guest blog at the lovely GEO LIBRARIAN‘s website about the hot-button topic #WeNeedDiverseBooks. I posted some drawings I did as a child to illustrate the importance of diversity in children’s literature. In these pictures, there are images of me identifying myself as an Asian American child with black hair. I also…
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