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One thing the caught my attention is that only 1.5% of children books feature latino children.

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I agree with books need diversity because it allows us to relate to things like maybe someone you know or yourself.

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I think that this is a really good point because being able to relate with the characters in a story is what makes the story that much more engaging. I feel like, to have an emotional connection with a character, you need a book with a character who goes through daily life.

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I feel like stories from different countries need to be told, like places like Africa and and smaller countries on the other side of the world. I think we need to learn about these cultures more to understand each other better, as well as world events.

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Something that caught my attention was the small amount of diversity in books, I think there should be much more diversity in books. -Emily E.

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Something that caught my attention was the small amount of diversity in books, I think there should be much more diversity in books. -Emily E.

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I agree that there needs to be more diversity in books. I hadn't really realized before this that a lot of the books I have read are about white people.

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I agree that there should be more diverse texts, because this can help people look from different perspectives. Diverse books can also let people have empathy.

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I think books need diversity so people will read different books and get more interest in them.

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Something that caught my eye was that there were a lot of authors of different races talking about how we need more diverse books rather than just one author of one race talking about it.

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I think that diversity is very important because it gives a different perspective of different people and what there going through.

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I think books need more diversity because we can get different perspectives of different people.

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One thing that caught my attention is that back then they mostly only made books about "white people" so the books were not diverse.

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My initial reaction to the "Why" video was that books need to include different races. It is a huge problem in this world that is making people not feel welcomed.

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I think that books need diversity because some people are different and we can learn more about them.

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I realize many stories I read have nothing to do with me and I just read it for entertainment. So I never can relate to the book and I find when the story is more relatable I enjoy it more.

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one thing that caught my attention is that all the popular books like, Harry Potter, etc. are white focused books

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Something that caught my attention was lots of books feature white people.

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Most books I cant relate to, but the feeling of a sense of dread expressed in Harry Potter a lot is really relatable to me. He was also at school and he wasn't the best student. They always had lots of homework to catch up to, but they were easily distracted ...

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I think that more diverse books are needed because they will allow us to relate with the characters more and be able to see ourselves in books.

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There are a lot of stories about people with disabilities overcoming their disability or other people stopping them, or stories about friends or family or depression (Though those don't always have happy endings) Some stories don't have a direct theme, but I feel like there could be more stories about smaller things that could be more relatable, like Insomnia or living in a different country or facing smaller, less dramatic but as traumatic experiences.

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I feel like stories about different races need to be told.

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I agree that books need diversity or else they will be like a single story. We won't know about other people and their stories we will only know about a certain type of stories. This just means that the story is left to be incomplete without the other sides.

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One thing that caught my attention is that books don't have much diversity. Books should have perspectives from all religions.

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I think there should be stories about places that are really interesting and have differences than normal places.

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My initial reaction to this was "Wow, I just realized how many of the books I read are narrated by white people." I think there needs to be more diversity in the main protagonist of the story.-Emily E.

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My initial reaction to this was "Wow, I just realized how many of the books I read are narrated by white people." I think there needs to be more diversity in the main protagonist of the story.-Emily E.

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Something i found interesting was that a lot of books that i have read feature white people.

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Something that caught my attention while I was exploring was that in most of the sites I went to, you either had to pay for a subscription to read more, or you had to make an account. But mainly I figured out that although the book industry doesn't have much diversity, I figured out, based on the names of the author, that it is like that because most of the Book Authors who a book usually base it on themselves, and I guess most book authors are Caucasian Males resulting in all these books that are not considered diverse.

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I think that maybe stories from different people of different races/countries need to be told. I think that it is important to learn about different people's point of view.

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I think stories of hardship need to be told more because there are many people who are too shy to speak their story, but to have someone else communicate their experiences can be easier.

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Something that caught my attention was a book called "Ash" by Malinda Lo. This book is a re-telling of Cinderella where the girl (Ash) falls in love with the prince's female huntsman. I feel like I will really enjoy this book because it is relatable (although I don't think any huntsmen live in Pleasanton), and it will be an interesting story line. I just looked on the Hart Website and I am about to put it on hold.

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I think that there needs to be more stories about different people all over the world

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my initial reaction was Books need for diversity, race, diabilties, and common entries

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Books need diversity because they can really help support people. Diverse books can also show different perspectives and help learn about cultures and events/problems in such areas. This can also increase understanding.

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My initial reaction is that we need more diverse books in the world. Readers can connect with others more, and more people can feel comforted.

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Something that caught my attention is that since 2020/the virus started, there have been more and more books that have black people as main characters or include LGBTQ+ or have main characters from different countries, and they're popular.

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I think we should learn more about different people from all around the world and what happens in there life.

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Something that caught my attention was how when authors talked about diverse books, they did not specifically mean different races, but also the LGBT community. I never realized how little books there are on the LGBT community until now.

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My initial reaction to what I had just been introduced to was surprising, because I didn't know that there was so little diversity in book writing.

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It caught my attention that lots of authors said that they couldn't relate to books they read or even wrote.

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I feel that we need more stories from different places different color and different genders and not just one, because there are many books out there about white people just not many about other life styles and hardships.

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I feel like stories with different races should be told more.

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One thing that caught my attention was that most of the books that I have heard of such as The Hobbit, The Giver, and Harry Potter are based on white people.

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I don't know any specific books but I know genres which can be told more. One genres is about LGBTQ Pride. In this generation kids its pretty normal to read LGBTQ Pride books but older generation have a harder time accepting this and I think if older generations read these books it could bring them more awareness.

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I think that diverse books should be told more because they have more diverse plots and character perspectives.

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Something that caught my attention while I was exploring and surprised me was that there are less diverse books. I was surprised, because I thought there were more diverse books.

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I think more stories from different countries and races that should be told. Reading from different perspectives and trying something new can be a lot more entertaining.

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Stories should be more about different countries, and cultures.

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Something that caught my attention is that very few books are written that include different cultures. The fact that only 1.5 books include Latino children.

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Anything in particular that caught my attention while exploring is that many authors of diverse books realized that they didn't really see themselves when reading books when they were younger.

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I agree with diversity in books because I think there should be more diversity to understand different cultures.

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I think that stories from different cultures and countries should be told more so readers can see things through a different perspective.

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I think more stories from different religions should be told, or from different races. Everyone's perspective is different, so it is good to see those differences.

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My initial reaction to what I was just introduced to was agreement. I totally agree that there need to be more diverse books so that more people can relate and get hooked.

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Something that caught my attention is the samll amount of books that are diverse and how many kids are affected by it.

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one thing that surprised me is that there are some books with no diversity at all. Some books have all characters have the same personality or race.

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I feel like stories of people living in harsh areas and people who do not have homes should be told because that will help people understand the problems they go through and everyone will also start caring a lot more about the people in these types of conditions.

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I think that books need diversity because if I,am reading a book I will need to relate to it and some books can't do that.

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I think more books about cultures need to be told more. For example, books written from an Indian girl/boy's perspective. Or from a different place itself.

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It´s important to write books with diversity so more than one person can relate. I feel like reading books you can engage in is more interesting to read.

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I agree that books need diversity because in books we get different persspectives of the character depending on their race. For white characters in books, we always get the same reaction, which is that they won't be bothered in school. But for kids who have other skin tones, we don't really get to experience their view, which I think is really important.

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At first, I wasn't surprised, because here in America a huge portion of books are about white people, and there are tens of millions of readers who are not white, so they might not relate to it or be able to. I thought that many people are "let down" by this "one-race" format. Not only the race, but sometimes the way the story is written is not interesting to people. The plot, and the problem of many of these stories are also very cliche, and they not not find their way into the interests of many of the people that actually read those books.

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I feel that more stories should talk about those who are mixed, or biracial. I typically don't see many stories that include that, and it would be nice to see more. I also feel that people with certain mental health issues should be represented more, rather than many stereotypes that are written about it that are inaccurate for some. But to sum it all up, more diverse books would be preferred.

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My initial reaction was surprise, because I never noticed the lack of variety while I read books.

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My initial reaction to what I was just introduced to was that some authors only write about certain types of people and aren't that diverse in using many different people with different cultures or races.

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I think that diversity is needed in books it can affect you by telling you about what you are going through or will happen in life that can help you.

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One thing that surprised me is that most books have characters of the same race, so people who are of a different race won't feel inspired by books at all.

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I think we need more stories about people's different perspective on things in the same book because most stories only feature one perspective and then only make a sequel about the other person later and we don't know what really was going on with the other person until the next book and you might forget what happened in the last book so you can't compare them and be like "Oh! So that's why he/she did this..."

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Something that caught my attention was that there is not a lot of diversity in books. I feel like we need to make more stories or tell more stories about other races and cultures, not just one.

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I agree that books need more diversity. I hadn't really paid too much attention to it before though and realize that having more diverse books would help people relate more to the characters.

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there needs to be more books for young audiences regulating diverse topics/ideas
ex: people of different heritage, the lgbtq community, & people with disabilities.

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I thought oh this is a book list and i was happy that books talking about the LGBTQ+ community are sooo important because I am one of there biggest supporters and love how in this day and age people get to be who they were always mean't to be

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I completely agree. Books should have diversity. Books should have different characters of different ages, genders, races, and sexuality. The book itself should be different than other books. If books didn't have diversity, we would be reading the same thing all that time and it would get boring.

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My initial reaction was agreement because having more inclusive books could potentially inspire others who relate to it, and more.

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My initial reaction to the idea of books should be more diverse was: TOTALLY!! BRING ON THE DIVERSITY!! My second reaction was: guilt. I felt guilty because I only read fiction books and I should read more varieties of books.

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I think that there should be more books on sports and how to play them because I think that kids and other people in the world need to learn how to play but they don't have to go pro but a think they should just keep it in the back of their head.

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One thing that caught my attention while I was exploring was that there were mostly books about "white people" and that there weren't many books about other races such as Latinos and African Americans.

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I feel like there needs to be stories about a diversity of experiences and how to overcome those situations.

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I completely agree with the idea that books need more diversity. Its important to have diversity in not only books but on social media, television, throughout jobs, and several other aspects. If we dont have diversity we would never get to see or consider others points of views. Its especially important to always consider other peoples experiences and challenges they have had to face in our society.

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I agree with books needing more diversity. I think it's important for other cultures and ethnicity to be represented in books.

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I think stories that should be told more should be about smaller places. You often hear stories from very big and popular areas but what about less popular places? I also think there should be more stories told by different narrators with different backgrounds. (Different races, gender, and different experiences)

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I think books from different countries or that have a few words in different languages to show diversity is a good idea. The book I'm reading shows good diversity because it has a different language in it.

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there needs to be more books for young audiences regulating diverse topics/ideas
ex: people of different heritage, the lgbtq community, & people with disabilities.

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I think we need to see more stories from countries or islands, or even cities we may have never heard of because then we can experience what the characters life is there, and we can learn about the setting.

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I think stories from really small countries need to be told more; I've never found books about them before, and I'm interested in their culture and daily life.

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While I was exploring, I saw that there were many authors with different races and they all have different experiences in life and that kind of gives them the ideas of how they write the book and what the write the book about.

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Something that caught my eye was the link to the book recommendations. I added a lot of new books to my To-read list.

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I think we need more books about mental health because at the end of the day we are all humans with feelings and emotions the we need to solve/talk about.

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First, what is your initial reaction of what you have just been introduced to?

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First, what is your initial reaction of what you have just been introduced to?

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I feel that what I was just introduced to would be good and would help the world's readers.

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I think stories need to be telling what is different from other places to what is their culture and how they live and what they do.

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I feel like stories about young people with disabilities should be told more. Along with people with cancer and how they fought through it and made it to be the person they are today.

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I think there should be more stories from different cultures and countries.

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I think that there should be lots of diversity in books so that others can relate themselves to the character and be able to have even more fun with the books.

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Something that caught my eye was how there is a handful of people who are reading diverse books.

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One specific story that I think needs to be told more is ones with hardship due to ethnic background or physical/mental illness/deformities.

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I agree, there should be more for kids who fell almost left out or cant relate.

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I think that stories with more variety of cultures need to be told more so that more people can relate and share the same feelings/culture as the stories charecters.

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I think that their should be more diversity in books, that their should be people who should share their struggles and challenges about diversity.

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I would like to see more stories written by and about Asian, Latino, and Middle Eastern people. I think that the struggles these people have to face should be brought up more often. You don't see these ethnicities too often and it's something we defiantly need more of in books.