{"product_id":"dear-reader-a-love-letter-to-libraries-9781499812251","title":"Dear Reader: A Love Letter to Libraries","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rousing call to action for more racially diverse children's literature.\" -\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this book a young girl pens a love letter to libraries and books, and powerfully expresses the need for diversity and the importance of representation in stories!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere was just this one thing, this nagging suspicion, that I didn't meet the criteria for a heroine'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es condition.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the books that I read, an absence of melanin was a clear omission.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA voracious young reader loves nothing more than going to the library and poring through books all day, making friends with characters and going off on exciting adventures with them. However, the more she reads, the more she notices that most of the books don't have characters that look like her, and the only ones that do tell about the most painful parts of their history. Where are the heroines with Afros exploring other planets and the superheroes with 'locs saving the day?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Bee Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499812251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 9.00w x 0.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tiffany Rose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41521449009333,"sku":"9781499812251","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0e521157-669e-434b-b25f-ef15c91cd190.jpg?v=1641918756","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dear-reader-a-love-letter-to-libraries-9781499812251","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}