Latino children’s literature
Make sure you stop by The Happy Nappy Bookseller all this week because Doret’s doing a feature on Latino MG & YA authors. How many do you think had books published in 2010? Less than 60 black-authored novels were published here in the US, and if you think THAT’s bad, wait until you see the appalling figures for Latino authors. Doret’s featuring a different author every day, so go check out her list and then keep going back for more…At the A Is For Anansi conference this past weekend, Oralia Garza de Cortes pointed out that 22% of this nation’s children are Latino. So when will the all-white world of children’s literature recognize that fact? I met Mario Picayo at the conference; he started his own Latino press—editorial Campana—please do check it out.
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