Megan Dowd Lambert
Megan Dowd Lambert created the Whole Book Approach storytime model in association with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and is a former lecturer in children’s literature at Simmons University. The winner of a 2016 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor, Megan’s experiences as a White mother of seven children in a blended, multiracial, queer, adoptive family inform her work as an author, reviewer, and consultant. She currently serves as co-owner and president of Modern Memoirs, Inc., a private publishing company specializing in personal and family histories. Megan brings to her work the conviction that everyone’s story is worth telling, and a belief in the transformative power of radical listening.
EmbraceRace Contributions:
- Articles: "Ive Never Had A White Baby Before..."
- Articles: (Almost) the Only Brown People at the Reunion
- Action Guides: 10 Tips for Reading Picture Books with Children through a Race-Conscious Lens
- Children’s Books: 10 Tips for Reading Picture Books with Children through a Race-Conscious Lens
- Children’s Books: 20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good
- Articles: Loving Book Conversations
- Children’s Books: Reading Mike Jung's "Unidentified Suburban Object" With my Kids, Part I
- Children’s Books: Reading Mike Jung's "Unidentified Suburban Object" with my Kids, Part II
- Events: Reading Picture Books With Children Through A Race-Conscious Lens
- Articles: Real Sisters and Brothers
- Articles: Reflecting Our Children in Their Full Humanity
- Articles: Selected Books and Resources about Adoption, Foster Care, and Family Diversity
- Articles: The Gifts of a Not-So-White Christmas
- Articles: The Tiresome Question I'm Often Asked About My Brown Kids
- Articles: Wanting to Give the World to My Children