I would have written 'Brown Girl Dreaming' if no one had ever wanted to buy it, if it went nowhere but inside a desk drawer that my own children pulled out one day to find a tool for survival, a symbol of how strong we are and how much we've come through.
タグ: survival, girl, day, children

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Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it.
タグ: something, book, time, you
Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.
タグ: us, diversity, together, world, walk
Young people are often ignored and disregarded, but they are acute observers and learners of everything we say and do.
タグ: young, everything, say, people
In young adult novels and children's books, you stay in moment. The story goes through a school year or a weekend. You never get a sense of a future self because the young person has not lived that yet.
タグ: children, future, moment, you
I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature.
タグ: literature, children, world, love
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