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I'm a person of color. I also did not see people like me in books I have read.

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these children books set a foundation of how kids think or act. Kids need something to relate to and when the books aren't diverse only a certain amount of people can relate. The books that aren't diverse send a false representation of how this world is.

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There are less people of color writing stories than stories written about people of color.

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Most people who publish books about black people have something  to do with dealing with racism or slavery and tragic events.

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Most people who publish books about black people have something  to do with dealing with racism or slavery and tragic events.

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Meb

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I think diverse children's books are important because it can give children of color a person to see their self in. - Aydenn

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I think diverse children's books are important because it can give children of color a person to see their self in. - Aydenn

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Childrens books give kids a sense of identity and connection to themselves, and they can see themselves in characters they can relate to well

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There are more about than by

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They are important to give all children a diverse background about the world, and the experiences and people that are in it.

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I think they are important so that POC kids don't give up on reading. If kids don't see themselves in the stories around them then they won't be inspired to seek out books. You are supposed to be able to relate to stories in some way, and see yourself in the main character, and that's not happening for so many kids.

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The statistics don't add up when it comes to diversity in the books compared to the diversity in the population.

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I realized that most of the books I read were not about people of color.

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There are more book about people of color than authors of color

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I think they are important so kids can relate to these books and see people like them

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I notice that books that showcase people of color aren't published as much as books published yearly. - Aydenn

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I notice that books that showcase people of color aren't published as much as books published yearly. - Aydenn

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I think diversity is important in children's because kids also have to be able to relate to the characters and that could help them find their identity. if they don't feel represented will probably stop reading
Fernando Terrones

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I think that it is extremely important to have more diversity in children's books because the kids reading the books need to have a clear representation about the world. There can't only be books with white main characters it has to be more diverse to help different kids relate to the characters to set a foundation to help them find their own identities.

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That there are fewer people of color who write stories and fewer stories in general about people of color, though that has changed in recent years

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The amount of books published by people of color don't nearly come close to the amount of books published yearly.

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Its important for children to see themselves in books because it shows them what they can do. Also its important for people to see people from other backgrounds in books they read so that they can develop an open mind at a young age. I think books can give child more complex imaginations and can boost their confidence. However if they don't see anyone similar to them they can feel discouraged.

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Kids need to see people who look like them and dont look like them in books because they should be familiar and relate. There should be other people who dont look like them so they can be more open to the people they meet and become friends with.

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My favorite kids story that covers racism and other mature topics like that is Arthur the Aardvark when in some of the episodes some animals aren't treated as equally as some may be.

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After many years on this Earth I have realized that most books aren't about people of color

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The numbers escalate each year.

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i am Latino and growing up i never saw  Latinos represented in the books i read
Fernando Terrones

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There are not a lot of books written by people of color and not a lot being published.

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I think Diversity is important in children books so they could relate to the character and not feel like they don't belong.

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My favorite show that has lots of diversity is Wild Crats. They have people of color just being people and I find that admirable.

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The numbers are low, for example in 2018, 2019, 2020 the numbers for Pacific Islander are extremely low.

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there number of books about color people keep increasing. Fernando Terrones

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The daniel tiger's neighborhood books and show has many POC characters. (Daniel's teacher, his best friend Miss Elenia, and a bunch of other neighbors) They also have an episode on racism and have a disabled character!

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From all the books I have read none of them have been about POC or other minorities. Although every time I went to a bookstore, I saw a couple of books about blacks ad other minorities.