NJ student assembles 1,000 books with black girl protagonists

 
From: "Sharon Rawlins srawlins@njstatelib.org [NJYAC]" ...@njstatelib.org>
Subject: NJ student assembles 1,000 books with black girl protagonists
Date: January 28th 2016

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Support Pours in for 11-Year-Old Girl Assembling 1,000 Books with Black Girl Protagonists

Eleven-year-old Marley Dias of West Orange grew tired of reading assigned books “about white boys and dogs,” she says. Since her fifth grade teacher at St. Cloud Elementary School in West Orange, NJ, never asked her what she might prefer to read, Dias says, she decided to take some action. Her goal? To collect 1,000 books in which black girls are the main characters. Her broader mission? To draw attention to the fact that all children need to see characters they can connect with in children’s literature…….

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