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Publisher Looks To Engage Children Of Color With Books Reflecting Them
Chicago,
IL -- Millions of Black and Latino children head back to the classroom
this fall, but they will be hard pressed to find schoolbooks that
include children who look like them. It’s a repeating cycle that can
limit students' engagement as they learn to read.
"For a black child learning to read, part of the excitement is imagining themselves in the story," according to Donna Beasley, founder and publisher at KaZoom Kids Books. "That is hard to do if no Black or Latino children appear in their books."
KaZoom has partnered with multicultural authors and artists to create e-books that engage multicultural children by including people who look like them in the stories. The KaZoom Kids iStorybooks reading app provides a library of interactive, read-along books on a subscription basis, available on both Android and Apple devices.
