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Banned Books Week has its first Honorary Chair; two titles created from The 1619 Project will be released in November; free webinars on teaching Juneteenth and reopening institutions after COVID vaccines; and more in this edition of News Bites.

From Charlie Parker and Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison and Ada Lovelace, remarkable individuals get the graphic treatment in these titles recommended for grades 3 and up.

Scholastic will no longer publish or distribute Dav Pilkey's The Adventures of Ook and Gluk; Comic-Con is coming back in-person; plus an Alice Walker picture book and more in this edition of News Bites.

This Women's History Month may feel like 2020 all over again. As the pandemic interrupted many plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, the National Women's History Museum and National Women's History Alliance have extended their resources, events, and celebration into 2021.

The 41 international books selected this year by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) range from picture books and poetry to nonfiction and novels.

The Pulitzer Center is starting an education network around the 1619 Project, Teaching Tolerance changed its name, Sonja Cherry-Paul created an educator's guide to Carole Boston Weatherford’s Unspeakable and more in this edition of News Bites.

NewsLit Nation, NLP's national educator network, provides teachers with a platform to learn from each other, establish best practices, and help work news literacy into all subjects areas.

It's Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. Resources and a starter kits are available, along with the new contest-winning logo from a South Carolina high schooler.

Ask your students about book preferences, access, and more to create personal goals, plan spring lessons, and motivate for summer reading.