{"product_id":"dear-reader-a-love-letter-to-libraries-9781499812251","title":"Dear Reader: A Love Letter to Libraries","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young Black girl pens a love letter to libraries and books, powerfully expressing the need to see herself represented in stories. From the author that brought you \u003ci\u003eM Is for Melanin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \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 of color, and the only ones that do tell about the most painful parts of their history. Where are the Black heroines with Afros exploring other planets and the superheroes with 'locs saving the day?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Bee Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651518009618,"sku":"9781499812251","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a0124307-16fd-4389-b02f-b88ab5076e7a.jpg?v=1733302534","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-reader-a-love-letter-to-libraries-9781499812251","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}