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Podcast: Classroom Matters
Episode: Episode #7: Diversity and Commonalities Through Literature: A Conversation with Jeffrey Blair, owner of the EyeSeeMe Bookstore
Description: Never being able to identify with characters in a book can be a difficult thing for a child who is learning how to read. This is the struggle that one family had as they attempted to educate their children in a mostly Caucasian world of books. That is when Jeffrey and Pamela Blair first began to realize that they and other African American families were facing challenges of finding books to help their children feel good about their culture and heritage. Now, as founders and owners of the EyeSeeMe bookstore, Jeffrey and Pamela can stock not only household bookshelves wi...