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Some authors to read on I Read Canadian day —and beyond! Graphic 1: @JLMatherWriter @s_raughley (cont'd in pic tags)
Also, a thread: 1. As a Canadian, a parent, a teacher, a bibliophile, I’ve supported Canadian kidlit authors for a looong time now. I’ll continue to do so, but...
Also, a thread: 1. As a Canadian, a parent, a teacher, a bibliophile, I’ve supported Canadian kidlit authors for a looong time now. I’ll continue to do so, but...
2. with a caveat: I'm expanding my understanding of what a list of “traditional” Canadian authors looks like. I hope you — readers, parents, caregivers, educators, librarians, booksellers— join me in this embracive goal.
Graphic 2: @djamilawrites @teamutonji (cont'd in pic tags)
Graphic 2: @djamilawrites @teamutonji (cont'd in pic tags)
3. Growing up Canadian, the societal cues & messaging surrounding my friends and I contributed to a sense that we weren’t *actually* Canadian. When I became an adult and entered the teaching profession in the 90s...
Graphic 3: @cecilfosterca @blacklikewho (cont'd in pic tags)
Graphic 3: @cecilfosterca @blacklikewho (cont'd in pic tags)
4. and began building my classroom library, this messaging continued via curated school library selections, author lists, author visits, etc
Do you know what that feels like? To be surrounded by a system that erases you?
Graphic 4: @John_Orpheus @author_YTM (cont'd in pic tags)
Do you know what that feels like? To be surrounded by a system that erases you?
Graphic 4: @John_Orpheus @author_YTM (cont'd in pic tags)
5. It leads to sadness, and/or anger and disenfranchisement.
Or
it leads to Being the change you want to see in the world.
Or
it leads to Being the change you want to see in the world.
6. Fast forward to now. To school lists of Canadian authors that look almost exactly as it did when I was a child. (A friend shared a list circulating in schools with *Canadian* authors to read tomorrow. But I hold out hope that this is not the only list circulating. 
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7. At home, Canadian authors we’ve loved before include @robertmuncher @lindabaileyink (Stevie Diamond series = fave!) @kennethoppel (his audiobooks accompanied rides to school) @barbreidart (every. book.) @joelasutherland (scary
) @EricRWalters
But then we expanded to include..
) @EricRWaltersBut then we expanded to include..
8. Rina Singh, Y.S. Lee, Cherie Dimaline, E. K. Johnston, Charlene Chua, Debbie Ohi, Qin Leng, Courtney Summers, Tanaz Bhathena, Melanie Florence, Natasha Dean, Ishta Mercurio, Tom Ryan, Mahtab Narsimon, Ruth Ohi, Sabina Khan, David Robertson, Robin Stevenson, Nafiza Azad &more
9. #IReadCanadian #IReadCanadianDay
Fin. With this graphic reminder again.
(Please share above thread widely to expand Canadian author lists. Thank you so much
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Fin. With this graphic reminder again.
(Please share above thread widely to expand Canadian author lists. Thank you so much
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