Description: The Auburn Avenue Research Library in partnership with Cre8tive Con will host Diversity In Children's Books a community dialogue on the historical significance and contemporary relevance of children’s books by and about Black people. J. D. Myall is called the literary lunatic for a good reason. Myall is crazy about novels. Reading books and writing them comes as naturally as breathing to her. Julian Winters is a gay African American author who lives on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia. His love for writing comes from an intense passion to empower LGBTQIAP+ readers, especially young adults, with the positive notion that "happy endings do exist." Karen Strong was born and raised in the rural South. She spent most of her childhood wandering the woods, meadows, and gardens of her grandmother's land. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she is an advocate of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Breanna J. McDaniel is a PhD researcher and a writer from Atlanta, GA. Her debut picture book Hands Up! recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life--hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five--before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march. Connie Schofield-Morrison is a mother, author, and entrepreneur. She spent most of her childhood reading and writing poetry, songs, and fairy tales. Her books are a rhythmic, soulful affirmations that a dream can become a reality, a belief that Connie has seen play out in her own life.

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