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First Ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards

We're over the moon about the first ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards Ceremony! The event celebrates the inaugural winners of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Bravery in Literature, recognizing authors whose works focus on racial justice, LGBTQIA rights, and gender equity. Read the entire story to find out who is being honored, and which books have been identified as advancing human rights.

Joy Reid’s new book: Medgar & Myrlie!

Joy Reid has a new book! And that’s gladsome news. Because Joy’s new work is about the overlooked legacy of civil rights icons Medgar & Myrlie Evers. Hopefully, this important and insightful book will end up in classrooms and on library shelves everywhere... and stay there. Keep reading to find out more about Medger & Myrlie.

February 7th is World Read Aloud Day!

Silent reading might be the norm, but reading aloud has cognitive benefits. So, what's the best form of literature for celebrating World Read Aloud day? Short stories. Here's a couple from Edgar Allan Poe. We chose Poe because he's the one who said "There is a distinct limit, as regards length, to all works of literary art -- the limit of a single sitting. Learn about the benefits of reading aloud. And put what you've learned into practice with a couple of Poe's short stories.

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