Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Diversity in children's books

Sita Brahmachari

There has been considerable discussion recently about diversity in children's and young adult books. Malorie Blackman reignited the debate in the summer and suffered online racist abuse as a result.
This week Benjamin Zephaniah and Sita Brahmachari have both spoken about their own experiences and of the need for everyone to be represented in today's literature . Read their comments in these Guardian articles.