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Our children are gorgeously diverse and they love a good read. At the heart of Real Kids/ Good Books are authors and illustrators who are building a new diverse canon, book by dazzling book.

Themes include: children of color, LGBTQ, adoption, special needs, math, science and writing. And of course there is also a mishmash of miscellany and reblogged tidbits that strike my fancy as they float by.

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-Kate

"I learned a long time ago that life often introduces young people to situations they are in no way prepared for, even good girls, lucky girls who want for nothing. Sometimes, when you least expect it, you become the girl in the woods. You lose your name because another one is forced on you. You think you are alone until you find books about girls like you. Salvation is certainly among the reasons I read. Reading and writing have always pulled me out of the darkest experiences in my life. Stories have given me a place in which to lose myself. They have allowed me to remember. They have allowed me to forget. They have allowed me to imagine different endings and better possible worlds."

From Roxane Gay’s superb, truly incredible essay on strength, stories, and the Hunger Games. (via mollitudo)

Another goosebumpily brilliant essay from Roxane “one n” Gay, smartest person alive.

Trigger warning. This article deals with sexual violence.

Such a powerful piece. You won’t see The Hunger Games the same way again.

(via rachelfershleiser)

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