Thank you, Kwame Alexander, for inviting me to be a part of Picture Book Week! Martina & Perez are thrilled, too! Here is the reading on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carmenagradeedy/videos/538066316904469/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCkwh_0iQ3aKZti-gWg6TmrmksPdmdQp8zty6PWIGFUZvbeQIaKj7K2VtJJgA4yO64jVBkf-N-YGW1hc20YE8oebJvD1MmZKuMsoKsRqBlMZsgBCYUKmPRBBCg7o8R0czwalt-PIzoR5zRlLxplAbLnR1K2pW3D6dtPhu7Tw3HgPp0mRjqWxF2fDJ6bgURuoMJdNbgS-6dLWDQNdXhdFTJogDlPG2byLWODm444uW0AjjTl_BDxnBe1iGQwYJXSh-uSA3PlRWojAuuC8G8upLdSc89qO6np7uSTELP5LGkJjX3oKgOrCj2EaJXZezZb_DM_VPjPXdhKHmcG3nQaqAHOwuFQQs72iqonOQwTt-iu&__tn__=-R

True to its mission of promoting children’s authors, as well as literature and literacy, the Kerlan Children’s Literature Research Collections, which is housed in a library on the University of Minnesota’s main campus in Minneapolis, has launched #OperationReadAloud. The project consists of videos, primarily of authors and illustrators reading from their own work, but also celebrities…

The Collaborative Summer Library Program is an organization that promotes reading and library use nationwide. Public libraries in the U.S. use each year’s theme (and related support materials) to promote summer reading. THIS YEAR’S THEME: Imagine Your Story THIS YEAR’S SUMMER READING CHAMPION: Carmen Agra Deedy Past Summer Reading Champion’s include Brian Pinkney, David Macaulay, Steven Kellogg, Brian Lies, and Sophie…