New York Times best-selling author, Tami Charles, acknowledges some improvement, but says there still exists a large diversity gap in children’s book publishing-adding that this disparity directly impacts both the over- and under-represented groups in our society. This episode is an encore of the January 14, 2023 original broadcast.
MANCHESTER — Sitting in a tiny wooden chair, veteran pre-school teacher Kathy Penge read children’s books on Thursday morning at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester. Fortunately, she was not alone.