Read below to find our staff picks for September 2023 and learn more about these must-reads!
Learn more about these staff picks →Tag: Diverse Books
Educator’s Guide: Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
Educator’s Guide: Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
By Dashka Slater
Ages 12-18
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes Accountable, a propulsive and thought-provoking true story about the revelation of a racist social media account that changes everything for a group of high school students and begs the question: What does it mean to be held accountable for harm that takes place behind a screen?
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as “edgy” humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account’s discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created the account. Not the group of kids who followed it. Not the adults—educators and parents—whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse.
In the end, no one was laughing. And everyone was left asking: Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean? In Accountable, award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author Dashka Slater has written a must-read book for our era that explores the real-world consequences of online choices.
DOWNLOAD THE ACCOUNTABLE EDUCATORS GUIDE HERE →Graphic Novel Preview: Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham
Graphic Novel Preview: Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting the heartwarming young adult graphic novel Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham, out January 9th.
Look inside Lunar New Year Love Story →Educator’s Guide: My Selma: a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement by Willie Mae Brown
Educator’s Guide: My Selma: a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement by Willie Mae Brown
My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement
By Willie Mae Brown
Ages 10-14
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Combining family stories of the everyday and the extraordinary as seen through the eyes of her twelve-year-old self, Willie Mae Brown gives readers an unforgettable portrayal of her coming of age in a town at the crossroads of history.
As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma, Alabama, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family’s home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Yet the famous outrages which unfold on that span form an inescapable backdrop in this collection of stories. In one, Willie Mae takes it upon herself to offer summer babysitting services to a glamorous single white mother—a secret she keeps from her parents that unravels with shocking results. In another, Willie Mae reluctantly joins her mother at a church rally, and is forever changed after hearing Martin Luther King Jr. deliver a defiant speech in spite of a court injunction.
Infused with the vernacular of her Southern upbringing, My Selma captures the voice and vision of a fascinating young person—perspicacious, impetuous, resourceful, and even mystical in her ways of seeing the world around her—who gifts us with a loving portrayal of her hometown while also delivering a no-holds-barred indictment of the time and place.
DOWNLOAD MY SELMA eDUCATORS GUIDE HERE→Graphic Novel Preview: No Such Thing as Perfect by Misako Rocks!
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting the emotionally engrossing middle-grade graphic novel No Such Thing as Perfect by Misako Rocks! November 7th.
Look inside No Such Thing as Perfect →Staff Picks – August 2023
Read below to find our staff picks for August 2023 and learn more about these must-reads!
Learn more about these staff picks →Watch our Fall 2023 School & Library Virtual Preview!
Watch our Fall 2023 School & Library Virtual Preview
Hear us buzz about our new picture books, middle grade, and young adult titles!
You’ll hear from talented authors Carole Lindstrom (Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior), Claribel Ortega and translator Jasminne Mendez (Rizos – Frizzy, Spanish Edition), and Jamison Shea (I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me), and translator Hercilia Mendizabal Frers (Habla / Speak (Spanish edition)).
Hear from our live special guest: Christina Wyman, teacher, writer, and author of Jawbreaker. Christina will discuss the inspiration behind her debut middle grade novel with Joy Peskin, Executive Editorial Director of Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. Plus, don’t miss a special live preview of Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight, a hilarious, magical middle grade graphic novel by Rey Terciero (pen name Rex Ogle) and illustrated by Monica M. Magaña. Rex and Monica are in conversation with Brian Geffen, Senior Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers!
Timestamps:
4:28 – Christina Wyman and Joy Peskin in conversation
15:04 – Picture Books
27:58 – Middle Grade Books
39:40 – Young Adult Books
50:22 – Rex Ogle, Monica M. Magaña., and Brian Geffen in conversation
Back-to-School Picks for Young Readers
Back-to-School Picks for Young Readers
Teachers and librarians, we appreciate everything you do and want to help you gear up for the school year! Five sweeps winners will receive a collection of books perfect for kicking off the 2023-2024 school year plus a $100 gift card to Staples and a $15 giftcard to Starbucks to restock and recharge. Find a full list of Social Emotional Learning books perfect for reading and sharing during this time of change below.
DISCOVER BOOKS PERFECT FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL →Graphic Novel Preview: A Sky of Paper Stars by Susie Yi
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting the emotionally engrossing middle-grade graphic novel A Sky of Paper Stars by Susie Yi.
Look inside A Sky of Paper Stars→ALA 2023 Conference Resource Center
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What’s inside
What’s inside
What’s inside
What’s inside our ALA Resource Center:
- Make the most of your ALA experience + meet your favorite authors & illustrators!
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Download our digital catalogs, request digital preview copies, and fill out our checklist survey for your chance to win a collection of free books for your library!
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