SPECIAL Gabbing with the Librarians- When Your Favorite Creator is Problematic

What do you do when your favorite author, musician, or creator says or does something which turns your stomach?  How do you handle it?  Listen to three Harris County librarians discuss how they approach the pitfalls personally and professionally.

Contributors:  Jennifer Finch, Amy Campbell , Melanie Wachsmann
For more materials visit: www.hcpl.net/explore

Music is Scanglobe by Sputnik; link to license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ 

Recommended Authors: Rick Riordan and  Rick Riordan Present 

APPLE IN THE MIDDLE by Dawn Quigley 

ELATSOE by Darcie Little Badger 

FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley 

HEARTS UNBROKEN by Cynthia Leitich Smith https://www.hcpl.net/title-record/484814

THE MARROW THIEVES by Cherie Dimaline 

Other resources:

• Blog by Dr. Debbie Reese 
• We Need Diverse Books 
• American Indian Library Association 
• Heartdrum, A Native-Focused Imprint of HarperCollins 

Created by the Podcast Team at the Harris County Public Library.
www.hcpl.net

Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Dylan Smith, Sadina Shawver, Gisela Parker, Kara Ludwig, John Schaffer, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu