First Ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards
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 across the nation, this new initiative shines a spotlight on literary voices and books that have been targets of censorship. This ceremony celebrates the inaugural winners of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Bravery in Literature,... Read More.
Joy Reid’s new book: Medgar & Myrlie!
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 these civil rights icons fills important gaps in Black history – the part of America’s story that banners are doing their best to squash. And, she does so through the love story of Medgar and... Read More.
February 7th is World Read Aloud Day!
. 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 business. Clay tablets from Iraq and Syria dated some 4,000 years ago commonly used words for “to read” that literally meant “to cry out,” or “to listen.” [1] One letter from this period says “I... Read More.
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