Diversity in Children's and Young Adult Publishing
Jerry Craft is the author ofMamma’s Boyz; Zetta Elliott is the author of A Wish Before Midnight; Cheryl Willis Hudson is the author of My Friend Maya Loves to Dance; Nick Burd is the author of The Vast Fields of Ordinary (Dial).
“White and Whatever: Diversity in Children’s & Young Adult Book Publishing” was a panel of the 12th annual Harlem Book Fair from the Langston Hughes Auditorium in the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Panelists discussed the problem of creating greater racial diversity in the production of children’s literature. Wade Hudson moderated. Jerry Craft is the author… read more
Panelists discussed the problem of creating greater racial diversity in the production of children’s literature. Wade Hudson moderated.
Jerry Craft is the author ofMamma’s Boyz; Zetta Elliott is the author of A Wish Before Midnight; Cheryl Willis Hudson is the author of My Friend Maya Loves to Dance; Nick Burd is the author of The Vast Fields of Ordinary (Dial).
“White and Whatever: Diversity in Children’s & Young Adult Book Publishing” was a panel of the 12th annual Harlem Book Fair from the Langston Hughes Auditorium in the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. close
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Jerry Craft Cartoonist and Author
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Zetta Elliott Visiting Professor (Former) Mount Holyoke College->African American and African Studies
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