Here are some of our favorite book recommendations for children and families that affirm identities, celebrate diversity and highlight justice.
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Liberation Lit: Book Reviews
Banned Books Week is Sept. 22 to 28, 2024.
Learning can help us to resist hate and bias and counter limited narratives that have traditionally excluded diverse perspectives. Let’s build bridges of understanding and celebrate our diversity and shared humanity.
According to the American Library Association (ALA), in 2023, more than 4,000 unique titles were targeted with demands for censorship, the highest number in more than 20 years of tracking this data. Among troubling trends in 2023, ALA identified that public libraries were targeted in addition to school libraries and accounted for 46% of book challenges. During the 2022-23 school year, PEN America, which tracks book bans, found “3,362 instances of individual books banned, affecting 1,557 unique titles.” Many of these books center the experiences and perspectives of LGBTQ+ people and Black, Indigenous and other people of color.
These LFJ book reviews encourage us all to keep reading and learning together for liberation.
Liberation Lit
These LFJ book reviews for adult readers encourage us all to keep reading and learning together for liberation.
Reading for Justice: Books for Teens and Young Adults
We offer some of our favorite book reviews for teens and young adults to encourage learning, reflection and action.
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Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
The learning journeys and resources in this series can help us learn from our history and examine today’s justice issues to answer the questions: “How can I make a difference?” “How can we make a difference together?”