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Building equity among readers requires that teachers must introduce students to texts that reflect the diversity in the classroom. 

“Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience.”

–Rubine Sims Bishop

In this episode, Jacob and Pam explore the need for a diverse classroom library. Jacob shares how he found it difficult, at first, to collect the books and stories that reflect the students in his classroom. They both share how they go about solving this important issue—the lack of diversity in texts. Pam discusses how using diverse texts will help motivate the non reader. Jacob brings the idea of gradually introducing students to more complex reading experiences with diverse texts. 

Join Jacob and Pam as they talk about where they go to get books to diversify their library for a diverse classroom and diversify your classroom library even more!

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