rgz Newsflash: People of Color in Children's Lit

Hey rgz!

I just posted about multicultural representation in board books and thought to share this chart from the Cooperative Children's Book Center. It's a wrap up of all books for children, including YA. Interesting?

Children's Books By and About People of Color Published in the U.S.

Year	Total Number of Books Published (Est.)	Number of Books Received at CCBC	African / African Americans		American Indians		Asian Pacifics/ Asian Pacific Americans		Latinos
			By	About	By	About	By	About	By	About
2009	5,000	3,000	83	157	12	33	67	80	60	61
2008	5,000	3,000	83	172	9	40	77	98	48	79
2007	5,000	3,000	77	150	6	44	56	68	42	59
2006	5,000	3,000	87	153	14	41	72	74	42	63
2005	5,000	2,800	75	149	4	34	60	64	50	76
2004	5,000	2,800	99	143	7	33	61	65	37	61
2003	5,000	3,200	79	171	11	95	43	78	41	63
2002	5,000	3,150	69	166	6	64	46	91	48	94

Calling all rgz! Share your stories of your experiences. Publishers, we want to read them!