My colleagues and I have launched a childhood literacy initiative called the Birthday Party Pledge; we’re asking adults to commit to buying multicultural books as gifts for the children in their lives. “It takes a village” to ensure that each child has a home library, yet finding books that feature black children can be challenging.… Read More Birthday Party Pledge
This morning, Carl Harvey (president of the American Association of School Libraries) posted a new White House petition about requesting funding and recognition for school libraries in the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. For it to become searchable we have 24 hours to get 150 signatures. It is easy to sign the… Read More White House Petition for School Libraries
I’m not the only one giving away books. GuysLitWire recently shared the Make it Safe Project. The Make It Safe Project donates books about sexual orientation and gender expression to schools and youth homeless shelters that lack the resources to keep their teens safe. Giving: We donate books to K-12 schools, their Gay-Straight Alliances (a… Read More She Pauses for Causes
This from YALSA’s Books for Teens: Christmas has come and gone and Hannukah is on its last of eight nights. But maybe you have it in you to give one more gift this year. How about giving a teen in an under-resourced community the gift of reading by making a donation to YALSA’s Books for Teens? Your year-end gift to… Read More Books for Teens
Labor Day Today is meant to celebrate the fruits of our labor, but I can’t help but think of friends and family who continue to search for a j-o-b, for anything that will help them pay for bills, hopefully provide benefits and maybe even lead to something better. Have you noticed that the person with… Read More Labor Day
