If you've been out of the loop in the world of children's publishing, you may not be aware that the big, huge deal right now is Diverse Books. The battle cry for this movement is "We need diverse books." Diverse books are good because they show kids "people who look like themselves" in the pages of children's literature.
Google "diverse books" and you'll see all kinds of cute pictures of kids--utterly heartwarming. This is a Very Good Thing, as far as I’m concerned.
Here are a few examples:
(From We Need Diverse Books website)
(From The JJK Blog)
(From the We Need Diverse Books Indiegogo page)
Cute, right? All of them are cute. Just to recap: what do we see
