{"id":935,"date":"2015-10-17T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mayagonzalez.com\/blog\/?p=935"},"modified":"2015-10-17T02:15:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T09:15:52","slug":"its-time-to-involve-kids-in-the-talk-about-diversity-in-childrens-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mayagonzalez.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/its-time-to-involve-kids-in-the-talk-about-diversity-in-childrens-books\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to involve kids in the talk about diversity in children\u2019s books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Write<\/a>Matthew and I are finally coming to terms with the fact that we LOVE to make fun, smart, creative materials for kids with a holistic, social justice frame. It\u2019s just who we are together. It\u2019s awesome. We have the best conversations about everything (like the Interrupting Chupacabra<\/a>!) and we see Write Now! Make Books<\/a> as the beginning of a great conversation with kids. We\u2019re already playing with some ideas for our next adventure! We see another story filled path for our lgbt, disabled and kids of color to travel to my studio and learn more ways to grow into their voice, their strength and beauty in the world.<\/p>\n

In our big dream moments we see a kid\u2019s series as what we were always meant for\u2026hhmmmmmm we shall see!!?! What we know for sure is that there are many more additions coming to Write Now! Make Books<\/a>: a bookmaking map poster, educator materials to help bring the program into the classroom, an associated mural project, possible online visits with me, how to take your project and publish it for real with the help of some cool grownups\u2026even sshhhhhh\u2026 publishing kids ourselves! Ssshhhhhhhhhhh\u2026we\u2019re barely even talking about that part right now!!! But you know us. It\u2019s all a matter of time.<\/p>\n

\"maya-with-books\"<\/a>When I look back at where my body of work has been able to go with Matthew by my side I am crazy grateful and completely excited. Write Now! Make Books<\/a> feels like a final piece has landed and we\u2019re looking forward to resting down and expanding on the work we\u2019ve created over the last 5 years. We\u2019ve got long term plans to create workbooks for Claiming Face<\/a> for kids and grownups, and for the Heart of It\/Creating Children\u2019s Books that Matter<\/a>. This fall we\u2019re releasing a workbook and a small pocket book related to my book I See Peace<\/a> and the related Believing Is Seeing<\/a> course. Yay! Matthew is amazing!!!!<\/p>\n

On the children\u2019s book front, I\u2019m set to begin thumbnails with a new book for Lee and Low with Francisco Alarcon<\/a>!\u00a0 And I have story and art already brewing about rabbits and the moon for the 2016 edition of the Heart of It Collection<\/a>. The (creative) force feels strong!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s final installation for Write Now! Make Books<\/em> is Beyond the Book. What to do with a book once you\u2019ve made it. I know this one! For example last night I finished up a power point to talk about Whaleheart<\/a> at the SCBWI conference and the possibilities of self publishing; I got interviewed yesterday morning for a newspaper in Texas because I\u2019ll be talking about silence and the power of telling our story to a conference of young girls next month and oooo oooo next month I also get to go into a school in the North Bay and do Claiming Face!!!! Oooooo oooo AND I got asked to coauthor a chapter with a professor who integrates me and my work into her teaching and community work in the south. Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Work like this rocks! And I\u2019m not even telling you the half of it! I\u2019ve got about 15 books on the drawing board!<\/p>\n

\"Beyond<\/a>So yay! Here\u2019s installation 7 of Write Now! Make Books<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. You made a book! Now what?<\/p>\n

Do you know a kid who just might be a bookmaker like me? Or maybe growing strong in their self and their voice is the point? Please feel free to share these materials widely with the kids, the educators, the communities you know! I want to call out all the beautiful voices waiting to sing,<\/strong> tell us a tale, rip a good joke, open our eyeballs with their truth and just BE FREE in their voice and power!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to involve kids in the diversity talk and children\u2019s books are the perfect path in!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s do this.<\/p>\n

xomaya<\/p>\n

for some extra inspiration here are some recent kid authors:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.wzzm13.com\/story\/life\/2015\/10\/12\/oummu-kabba-published-author-kentwood-michigan-8-years-old\/73829010\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/bossip.com\/793729\/some-positive-preciousness-9-year-old-girl-becomes-published-author-with-2-books-published-over-400-written\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/thegrio.com\/2014\/05\/19\/angela-content-13-year-old-book-publisher\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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