Banned Books Week is an annual event in the United States celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week will be held October 1 – 7, 2023. Banned Books Week began in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. During the week, events are… Read More Banned Books Week is Coming

5 The Cursed Moon by Angela Cervantes. Scholastic PressDoña Quiote: Rise of the Knight by Rey Terciero, illus, by Monica M. Magaña. Henry Holt & Co.Everyone’s Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni. Balzer+BrayFarewell Cuba, Mi Isla by Alexandra Diaz. Simona n Schuster/Paula Wiseman BooksInto the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline. Feiwel and FriendsMascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell. CharlsbridgeNightmare King by Daka Hermon. Scholastic PressSaving… Read More September Releases

Librarians collect, organize, and access information. Sure, we read books, but we do so much more! In fact, there’s a science to what we do. In some of our work, we use systems like Library of Congress or the Dewey Decimal System to organize and classify information sources so that people can access them. I… Read More Classifying Blackness

title: The Fall of Whit Riveraauthor: Crystal Maldonadodate: Holiday House; 6 Sept 2023main character: Whit RiveraYA Latinx romcom Whit Rivera, a bisexual Latinx teen, has spent the summer between her junior and senior year saying goodbye to her boyfriend, who moved to a different city, and visiting doctor’s office after doctor’s office to get a… Read More book Review: The Fall of Whit Rivera

I worked all last weekend to get this list done in time for the new month and forgot to write a post! As always, you can find the complete list of releases here: https://edicottonquilt.com/booklists/2023-2/ Please to let me know of any MG or YA titles that I’ve missed! AUGUST 1 Fury of the Dragon Gods by… Read More August New Releases