Knowles (director of professional development and curriculum, Pine Crest School) and Smith (library media specialist, Pine Crest School) provide entries on books that deal with diversity issues in daily life. Selected titles range from pictures books and beginning readers through general adult fiction. Opening chapters overview diversity demographics and statistics, and discuss controversies surrounding cultural authenticity in books. Chapters on various racial and ethnic groups, ageism, exceptionalities, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion contain brief introductions and a brief definition of the particular group, between five and 10 annotated titles, and bibliographies of fiction, picture books, and nonfiction. Entries also contain discussion questions, an annotated journal article, and basic facts and a bibliography of a featured author, plus lists of print resources, organizations, web sites, and awards. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)