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Visual literacy and reading widely

Children need to be skilled at reading and thinking critically about diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, and other visual information.

Comfort zones

Gene Luen Yang discusses how books help him break out of his comfort zone—and warns about the dangers of feeling too comfortable.

Books for a multiracial society

Post-WWI and WWII and the civil rights activism of the 1960s were turning points for the emergence of books for and about children of color.

Getting boys to read

Jeff Kinney discusses the importance of aligning reading material with the reader’s interests.

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