Christmas Challenge Dec 16

Diversity, or the lack of it, in children's literature has been a bit of a hot topic this year and I think most of us would agree that it's good for kids to be able to see characters like themselves in the books they read . Today's Christmas picture book, An Angel Just Like Me by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu addresses this very problem in the most gentle and lovely way. When the angel that Tyler's family puts on the tree gets broken, Tyler wonders why there are no black angels and he sets out to find a new one that fits his family. He goes to many shops but is unable to find one but he is given a special present - a carved angel that looks just like him. The angel is his best present but then all of his friends want one too! A warm, thoughtful story with an important message.