Here's a welcome and link to the new kid on the block, Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, coedited by Sarah Park Dahlen and Gabrielle Atwood Halko.

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Here's a welcome and link to the new kid on the block,
Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, coedited by Sarah Park Dahlen and Gabrielle Atwood Halko. RDYL is a "peer-reviewed, online, open-access journal," meaning it is an academic journal that everyone can read for free. The debut number contains five meaty essays touching upon a number of themes related to diversity in children's books and in the scholarship drawn from them* and I especially enjoyed reading Michelle H. Martin and J. Elizabeth Mills' article about
Full Cicada Moon, where they considered how their own different ethnic identities affected how they each read a book about a girl with an identity that overlapped that of each scholar. Worthwhile reading; take a look.
*What I
mean is, the research frequently takes a self-reflexive turn. Told you, it's academic!
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Gabrielle Halko
Roger, thank you for letting folks know about our new journal! RDYL was founded by a community of scholars and fostering/expanding a diverse scholarly community is one of our primary goals. We appreciate the shout-out!Posted : Jun 05, 2018 08:17