Authors and illustrators are not depicting characters from diverse backgrounds in children’s stories about the future, Emily Midkiff writes.
Emily Midkiff
Dr. Emily Midkiff is an instructor of children's literature at the University of North Dakota. Before getting degrees in children’s literature and literacy education, Midkiff spent 9 years working in children’s theater, and now does research on books with attention to what children have to say. Her most recent publication is "Equipping Space Cadets: Primary Science Fiction for Young Children," a book-length study of science fiction for children.