After Zetta Elliott, a Brooklyn-based African-Canadian author and educator, realized her books were not getting much attention in Canada, she decided to do some research and compile a list of children's books with Black protagonists. What she found was that the few Canadian children's books with Black protagonists available in bookstores or schools were written by white authors and the stories themselves did not take place in contemporary African-American communities. To take a look at her research follow the links below:
http://zettaelliott.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/numbers-dont-lie-do-they/
http://zettaelliott.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/stats/
http://zettaelliott.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/aint-they-black/
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