{"product_id":"dear-reader-a-love-letter-to-libraries-hardcover","title":"Dear Reader: A Love Letter to Libraries - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTiffany Rose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTiffany Rose is a left-handed illustrator and author who's currently living and working in China. She's a lover of coffee, wanderlust, massive curly Afros, and children being their imaginative, quirky, free selves. She is a full-time teacher, part-time author\/illustrator, and world traveler. Rose remembers what it was like as a brown child not seeing herself reflected in the books and characters she loved so dearly, and has been inspired to create art and meaningful stories, like this book and her debut, \u003ci\u003eM Is for Melanin\u003c\/i\u003e, so that underrepresented children can see themselves in books. Pencil in hand, she's changing that notion one illustration at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.3 x 9.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767254483232,"sku":"9781499812251","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bb94522b4a5627ca78dfcce2e039a5ba.webp?v=1780307647","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dear-reader-a-love-letter-to-libraries-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}