Award Video | Winners | Honorable Mentions| Commended Titles The Américas Award for children’s books, sponsored by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP), has announced the 2023 winners. As is explained on their website, the award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for […]
Board Book Our Skin Useful for Parent Discussions About Race
To prepare parents to discuss racism in the United States with their children, internationally renowned anti-racist educator Dr. Enid Lee recommends the board book Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, and Isabel Roxas. Lee, a Teaching for Change advisor, shares how she introduces the book to parents in the […]
Social Justice Books Team Attends Inaugural #ReadBlackBooks Conference
Teaching for Change associate director, Keesha Ceran, and Social Justice Books interns, Becca Townley and Lucy Sieczka, participated in the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s Inaugural #ReadBlackBooks Conference from June 26 – June 30. The #ReadBlackBooks initiative is an effort to push back against the national rise in the banning of books by Black authors in pre-K-12 schools […]
Our Recommended Banned Books
According to PEN America, book bans and challenges have increased exponentially since 2021, and hundreds of books are being taken off shelves and out of classrooms. The majority of banned books are written by and about Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian-American, and LGBTQ+ authors and characters whose stories speak powerful and important truths about history, identity, […]
Statistics Show Increasing Number of Diverse Books for Children and Teens
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) updated their annual Diversity Statistics to include data on the 3,450 books for children and teens received by the CCBC that were published in 2022. This year’s statistics show the continuation of some positive trends. After a long period of relative stagnancy, the number of children’s books the CCBC […]
Banned Books Display at SXSW
The Zinn Education Project and the African American Policy Forum collaborated on an installation on banned books at the SXSW international festival in Austin from March 10–13, 2023. It was an effective way to raise awareness about the threats to education and issue a call to action with thousands of visitors to this popular, annual […]