In this week's KIDMAP newsletter: Jenna Amatulli and HuffPost on why representation matters—Sesame Street’s muppet with autism shows young girl how to play with similar children. KIDMAP bit.ly/2Nj1S7J #racialequity #diversitymatters #kidsmedia #representation

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This article lays out a great model for creating an inclusive #school #library collection. Pair this w/ @joinkidmap's DIG checklist for inclusive, high-quality children's media, which was created with librarians joinkidmap.org/digchecklist/ #weneeddiversebooks #representation

Ghetto Film School Trains Its Lens on Hollywood’s #Diversity Problem. It’s expansion couldn’t come at a more opportune time. Hollywood is confronting an existential crisis. Studios are clamoring for diverse talent in front of and behind the camera. nyti.ms/2CrTs96

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Ideas for an #inclusive toy box 📦 and thoughts on #empathy for #MondayMorning #Kids #subscriptionbox #mustread getrevue.co/profile/KIDMAP…

A new resource focused on diverse books

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This American Library Association webinar by our member claudia haines looks fantastic. Tuesday, Dec. 4. What does computational thinking look like in early childhood, and how library staff can use developmentally appropriate activities to support whole-child development? goo.gl/6fma4E

A new #diverse offering from disneyjunior set in India. We are so glad to see aspects of our DIG Toolkit being implemented! #RepresentationMatters

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This piece from the folks Blue Waves Studios have created a pre-school property Avery's World. In this piece, they invite fellow children's media professionals to incorporate #antibias curriculum in children's programming. #kidstv #preschool #kidsmedia issuu.com/billweberstudi…

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Great to see Disney! yahoo.com/entertainment/…

Our DIG checklist developed by claudia haines @jemills1 @mediamacaroni Sandhya Nankani @chiplaypro @KevinClarkPhD carissa christner Warren Buckleitner Daryl Grabarek karen nemeth was used by Marianne Martens to design Lucy Junior's Energetic Alpha preschool app. More at Joan Ganz Cooney Center joanganzcooneycenter.org/2019/02/28/int…

Really important contribution from Amy Jordan and Kate Prendella — the children who are missing in media research are living in poverty, disabled, housing insecure, undocumented; our field must do better to reach them, learn from them, and design for them. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…