Link of the Week: We Need Diverse Books

We Need Diverse Books is an organization that campaigns for the production of children’s literature that is more inclusive and embracing of diverse, non-majority characters. – WNDB is a non-profit grassroots group that describes themselves as being...

Reading Without Walls: Author Event with Gene Luen Yang and Sesame Street Sunday, September 25, at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (doors open at 10:15am) 53rd Street Library Join the New York Public Library in partnership with Sesame Workshop (the nonprofit educational...

Jacqueline Woodsen and Watermelon Jokes

Jacqueline Woodsen has written a number of books that address sensitive themes, such as race, gender, sexual identity, and societal history. She recently received the 2014 National Book Award in the “Young People’s Literature” category for her...