In the December 2012/January 2013 issue of Reading Today, Fenice Boyd wrote an insightful piece about diversity in the list of text exemplars in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Below are more authors to continue the sidebar that accompanied that article.
African American Writers:
- Maya Angelou
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Lucille Clifton
- Christopher Paul Curtis
- Sharon Draper
- Ernest J. Gaines
- Eloise Greenfield
- Nikki Grimes
- Virginia Hamilton
- Angela Johnson
- Julius Lester
- Frederick McKissack
- Patricia McKissack
- Walter Dean Myers
- Angela Davis Pinkney
- Connie Porter
- Lesa Cline Ransome
- Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Margaree King Mitchell
- Mildred Taylor
- Rita Williams-Garcia
- Jacqueline Woodson
African American Illustrators:
- Ashley Bryan
- R. Gregory Christie
- Bryan Collier
- Floyd Cooper
- Donald Crews
- Leo Dillon
- Tom Feelings
- E. B. Lewis
- Christopher Myers
- Kadir Nelson
- Brian Pinkney
- Jerry Pinkney
- Sean Qualls
- James Ransome
- Synthia Saint James
- Charles R. Smith
- Javaka Steptoe
- Latino Writers
- George Ancona
- Alma Flor Ada
- Francisco X. Alarcón
- Julia Alvarez
- George Ancona
- Anilu’ Bernardo
- Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
- Diane Gopnzales Bertrand
- Sandra Cisneros
- Carmen Agra Deedy
- Margarita Engle
- Julia Ortiz Cofer
- Ina Cumpiano
- Francisco Jimenez
- Victor Martinez
- Guadalupe Garcia McCall
- Meg Medina
- Nicholasa Mohr
- Patricia Mora
- Nancy Osa
- Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Gary Soto
- Ana Veciana-Suarez
- Latino Illustrators
- George Ancona
- Robert Casilla
- Joe Cepeda
- Raul Colon
- David Diaz
- Lulu Delacre
- Enrique Flores-Galbes
- Carmen Lomas Garza
- Susan Guevara
- Rafael LopezYuyi Morales
- Sara Palacios
- Enrique O. Sanchez
- Duncan Tonatiuh
- Eric Velasquez
Asian and Pacific Island American Writers: - Debjani Chatterjee
- Ying Chang Compestine
- Demi
- Chen Jiang Hong
- Cynthia Kadahota
- Marie Lee
- Thanhha Lei
- Grace Lin
- Lenore Look
- Adeline Yen Mah
- Ken Mochizuki
- An Na
- Lensey Namioka
- Linda Sue Park
- Yoshiko Uchida
- Janet Wong
- Lisa Yee
- Wong Herbert Yee
- Lawrence Yep
- Ed Young
Asian and Pacific Island American Illustrators: - Yan Nascimbene
- Alan Say
- Ed Young
- Native American Writers
- Sherman Alexie
- Joseph Bruchac
- Michael Dorris
- Louise Erdrich
- Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
- Gayle Ross
Native American Illustrators:
- Shonto Begay
- Christopher Canyon
- Murv Jacob
- George Littlechild
- Leo Yerxa
- Arab American Writers
- Randa Abdel-Fattah
- Ibtisam Barakat
- Hena Khan
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- Marjane Satrapi
Reference:
Galda, L., Sipe, L., Liang, L., LA, and Cullinan, B. (2013). Literature and the Child (8th edition). Beverly, MA: Wadsworth Publishing.
This article is an addendum to an article from the December 2012/January 2013 issue
of Reading Today. IRA members can read the interactive digital version of the magazine here. Nonmembers: join today!