Invisibility: Who's Missing From The Classroom Library?

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Wormly’s 1st Sentence Builder!Close-Up with Ada Lovelace: The First Computer ProgrammerTop 30 Spooky Words for Every Grade to Search this HalloweenHelp Wormly Find the Spooky Word for Halloween Sentences!It’s Wormly’s First Halloween Edition! Can You Spell Spooky?Celebrate the Base-10 Metric System Using Autumn Across North AmericaHalloween Shopping Challenge: Bargain Edition 2 for 1Spooky Tangram Geometry Challenge K-3Monarch Life Cycle GameA Teacher’s Guide to American Sign Language: Language, Art & IdentityClose-Up with Dolly Parton and the Imagination LibraryTeacher’s Guide to Harvest Moon FestivalsCut the Moon Cakes into Fractions! Practice and Challenges K-5Life Science Lab Instant Lesson: Does It Have a Spine?Spine or No Spine? A Vertebrate vs Invertebrate Sorting GameREAD Aloud: Celebrate the Queen of Polka Dots on International Dot Day!Mountain Climbing or Scuba Diving? 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Invisibility: Who's missing from the classroom library? 1

Recognizing invisibility is just as important as spotting stereotypes in children’s books. Here’s how to take a lens to what, or who is not represented in you classroom library.

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