Children’s literature stuck in the past: Why is there still a lack of diversity in books for kids?

A recent report from the Cooperative Children?s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that despite the increasing diversity in the U.S., the number of children?s books written by or about people of color continues to be very low. The CCBC found that of the 3,600 books it received in 2012, 68 were by African Americans and 119 were about African Americans. Just 54 of the 3,600 were about Latinos.