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Gamification and great mystery stories are two elements effective at engaging and inspiring young readers.
I am so proud of The Someday Daughter. Not because it came to me easily, but because I confronted so many parts of myself in its creation.
As we celebrate the power of storytelling, let these new books transport readers to exciting worlds, spark their curiosity, and inspire a lifelong love for literature.
Black Girl You Are Atlas is written to Black girls but is for everyone. Adults, too. I hope this collection brings generations together, that there’s an exchange of experiences, a passing on of wisdom, a bearing witness.
We are here, and we are queer, and we can’t reduce our identities to the neat black-and-white that society would like us to. We can’t (and shouldn’t) reduce our stories, either.
The DogEaredBookAward: Creating Readers and Celebrating Books, a guest post by Jennifer Guyor Jowett
A few years back, I was looking for a way to engage readers and put books into students’ hands that landed somewhere between enjoyment reading and the rigor of a novel unit. After playing around with some ideas, a book award seemed to offer just the right amount of dynamic interaction.
When I think of what it means to stay afloat, I think of resilience. I was moved to write WAVE because I had an inspiring vision of what waves can teach us about resilience.
Queer stories can be joyful. We can celebrate that joy both looking backward toward the past, standing bravely in the present, and facing the future with hope and good care for each other, always.
A few years ago, I set off on an adventure that would eventually leave me both alone and alone in the woods…for days on end.
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