A note from Auntie Anne: A tweet thread came to my attention in October 2021. It was a call, from an equity and bias reviewer, for more body positive -...
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A Note from Ms. Kate (she/they) Executive Director, Storytime Solidary and Lavender Librarian The Solidarity Team and I come from a variety of faith backgrounds and are committed to welcoming...
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A Note from Ms. Kate This is the last piece in Anne's moving series of blogs, A Loving Left With Me, but it's not really the end. Perhaps few endings...
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These are books I wanted desperately to share with you — but they didn't fit in a neat little category. Just like life, really. When my grandfather died (I was...
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A note from Mychal (he/him/his) Representation Matters I'm so excited for little Black boys and little Black girls to see Halle Bailey in THE LITTLE MERMAID. Books have long emphasized...
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For many children, their first encounter with a close death will be that of a pet. Often, the death is as a result of old age, so it is a...
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~ Collated by Anne Coppell, Tāmaki Makaurau Aotearoa. Our beloved Lavender Librarian posted on our Facebook group: What's your favourite new book you almost missed? And the group answered! Welcome...
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If only these books weren't necessary. No young child should have to deal with the death of a parent, but it happens. Almost all of the books deal with the...
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The death of a grandparent is often the first human death children have to deal with. This can be deeply traumatic and very hard to understand. All of these books...
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Introduction: Loss and sadness are huge things for anyone to deal with. Grief is not solely tied to death. Sadness is not solely tied to loss. Although this series is...
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