Celebrate the Freedom to Read All Year Long!

Banned Books Week, held September 25-October 1, 2016 has officially ended.  However, the freedom to read continues.  The freedom to read is about choices to read a variety of books on a variety of subjects.  Books that can expand your mind, broaden your perspective, increase understanding, and bring awareness to a multiplicity and complexity of issues.

This year’s Banned Books Week focused on young adult literature, and books with diverse content.  These books are often challenged and/or banned in school classrooms and libraries.

For information and resources on the freedom to read, click on the links below:

http://bannedbooksweek.org/

http://www.ftrf.org/

October 2016 African American Historical Events

Click on the link below to read historical events that happened in October 2016:

http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1610&L=munirah

September 2016 African American Historical Events

Click on the link below to read the historical events that happened in September 2016:

http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1609&L=munirah

August 2016 African American Historical Events

Click on the link below to read the historical events that happened in August 2016.

http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1608&L=munirah

Book Review: Justin (BlackTop series) — Crazy QuiltEdi

title: Justine (BlackTop) author: LJ Alonge date: Grosset and Dunlap/Penguin; June 2106 main character: Justin Shaw ages 12-18 Justin is the first book in a trilogy written by newcomer L J Alonge. Justin is a tall, awkward 15 year-old who has more summer than money in his near future. He lives in a working class family […]

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September Releases — Crazy QuiltEdi

The Reader by Traci Chee; Putnam. ages 12 and up Debut Author Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can […]

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review: Playing for the Devil’s Fire — Crazy QuiltEdi

Today’s review is part of a blog tour to promote Playing for the Devil’s Fire. Here are the other spots on the tour. August 31: Rich in Color review Sept 1: The Pirate Tree review & interview Sept 4: Guest Post for Clear Eyes, Full Shelves Sept 6:Rich in Color author interview September 8: Anasasia […]

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Book Review: Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas #1) by Zoraida Córdova — Latinxs in Kid Lit

Reviewed by Cindy L. Rodriguez and Cecilia Cackley; ARC received from Sourcebooks Fire. DESCRIPTION FROM THE PUBLISHER: Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation…and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of […]

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Review: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor #DSFFBookClub — Read Diverse Books

Who Fears Death is not your typical post-apocalyptic, “Chosen One” narrative set in a magical Africa. It’s obviously atypical because in Europe and North America, these kinds of stories simply aren’t published often. That’s not to say that African writers are not writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy prolifically, far from it. It’s just that most western audiences…

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New Reflections of Diversity (or the lack thereof) In Children’s Literature — Crazy QuiltEdi

For the complete story on this updated image, visit Sarah Park Dahlen’s blog. artwork by David Huyck.

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