Hatcher, Rachel

Winter, J. (2019). Equity through diversity: Their importance of LGBTQ titles in our elementary school libraries. California School Library Association Journal, 43(1), p. 5-8. Retrieved from: http://csla.net/publications/journal/

Winter stresses the importance of a diverse collection, including adding LGBTQ titles to the collection. She makes an insightful recommendation: libraries should have plenty of LGBTQ titles as ebooks for checkout. In a school library setting, students may not want to advertise what they are reading to other students. Having both fiction and nonfiction titles available as ebooks allows for a level of privacy students may appreciate.

Winter also suggest using Teachingbooks.net. I like to use their “Find Resources For” buttons to learn more about LGBTQIA+ books. This site offers the ability to narrow your results based on grade level, curricular area, genre, cultural area, award-winning books, and more.