Saturday, May 10, 2014

Featured In The Gaurdian Witness! Plus, representing underrepresented characters.

https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/53636472e4b08a82d90e008c/966982

Destiny and Faith love to explore and love to learn. But there's something else that makes these girls and their friends unique. They are rare in children's books.

"Mixed race twins go on a ghost hunt, accompanied by a friend who happens to be deaf. Lots of fun, with useful ghost hunting hints plus a sign language diagram." is how Destiny And Faith's Summer Adventures is described on the GuardianWitness site, submitted by Magiciansfire.

Why were the twins featured on this website. Because they are the answer to a question that many readers have been asking. Why aren't there more characters like me?

Not too long ago there was a huge Twitter campaign with the hashtag #weneeddiversebooks and many Tweeters sent in reasons why they think we need more diverse books!

The Guardian's campaign has extended to include #diversifyyourshelves and is having people send in their books with underrepresented characters.


You can see a list of their featured diverse books here.

https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/53636472e4b08a82d90e008c

You can visit my friend Magiciansfire here.
 

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