W e’re over the moon about the first ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards Ceremony! Amid the surge of books being pulled from shelves... Read More.
J oy Reid has a new book out… Medgar & Myrlie! And that’s gladsome news. Because Joy’s new work about the overlooked legacy of... Read More.
T oday is World Read Aloud Day! Silent reading is the norm these days. But, that wasn’t always the case. Reading used to be noisy... Read More.
W e're celebrating Black History Month by shining a spotlight on Phillis Wheatley and William Wells Brown. Wheatley was the first African-American to publish... Read More.
D ave Eggers' book The Circle was not only pulled from high school reading lists in Rapid City, South Dakota, it was on a... Read More.
T he New York Public Library is offering free, nationwide digital access to young adult books that have been the object of bans or... Read More.
R osa Parks. You know, the woman who is sometimes referred to as the "mother of the civil rights movement." Who refused to move... Read More.
I t’s Native American Heritage Month! November has been designated as a time to recognize the contributions, and unique, essential achievements of Native peoples... Read More.
Like symbolic language, literary devices are techniques authors use to guide the reader in how to read a book for more than simple plot.... Read More
I t’s National Family Literacy Day, so carve out some time to read with your young ones today, or perhaps read to them. Families have... Read More.
Banned Book Club was banned in Florida. Check out our conversation with author Ryan Estrada about the dangers of book banning.... Read More
T he Crucible is a notable example of how literature is like a layer cake. Arthur Miller’s account of why he came to write... Read More.
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