{"id":129721,"date":"2019-12-20T09:20:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=129721"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:20:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:20:18","slug":"bates-in-the-news-dec-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/12\/20\/bates-in-the-news-dec-20-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates in the News: Dec. 20, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Krista Aronson<\/h3>\n

Bates College program encourages diverse picture books for children \u2014 Sun Journal<\/em><\/h5>\n

Steve Collins of the Lewiston Sun Journal<\/em> spoke with Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson, the creator of the Diverse BookFinder.<\/p>\n

Now in its third year, DBF\u2019s online database and physical picture-book collection makes diverse children\u2019s books more accessible, Aronson told Collins. Since its launch, the physical collection has grown, and the DBF has helped dozens of libraries<\/a> analyze diversity in their own collections.<\/p>\n

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Associate Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson reads in Ladd Library with her daughter Hope in 2017. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

Aronson also spoke with Meghan Mangrum of the Chattanooga Times Free Press<\/em>, who wrote about teachers in the Tennessee city who are trying to diversify their own book collections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live right now in segregated societies, and we think of school or work as places where we come in contact with people who are different from ourselves,\u201d Aronson said. \u201cThat’s going to be increasingly common, and we need to prepare our children to be successful in those environments.”<\/p>\n

Read the stories:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n