We had our 2nd visit with an incredible author and illustrator, Sara Varon! We have fallen in love with her characters and feel like they are members of our Academy family. ⁦AppState RCOE⁩ ⁦Appalachian State⁩

Spreading the ❤️!

So excited to celebrate some of the most outstanding children’s and YA literature today! Looking forward to the #alayma21 awards at 8:00 am CST. Live streaming at ala.unikron.com

Congratulations @raulthe3rd! We love this series and are so excited to celebrate with you!

Congratulations Victoria Jamieson and Omar MO! Thank you for your beautiful collaboration and for so respectfully and truthfully representing diverse disability experiences...it's one of our favorite books of the year!

Congratulations, Michaela Goade and Carole Lindstrom 🪶🦬 for winning the Caldecott Medal and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award! Thank you for bringing this powerful picture book into our lives!

I LOVE surprises...but to find a box filled with 40 phenomenal children’s books on my front porch, I was thrilled...then to find out they came from @consciouskidlib, holy cow I was blown away. They are changing lives one book at a time✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿#RepresentationMatters

Love seeing poetry inspired by nature! @msnottage I remember this poetry lesson and your teaching from our class! 🌸🌿🌱🐥

Are you interested in becoming a reading or literacy specialist? Or elevating your teaching skills in your own K-12 classroom? Register now for the info session for the MA in Reading Education on September 14 - tinyurl.com/rcoeinfosession

COREY ROBIN I teach a class at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on Banned Books. I’ve been teaching it every few years for 25 years. Here is what I have learned.

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Are you interested in becoming a reading or literacy specialist? Or elevating your teaching skills in your own K-12 classroom? Register now for the info session for the MA in Reading Education on March 16 - tinyurl.com/rcoeinfosession

Amy Krouse Rosenthal's wish from her book TEXTBOOK. I hope you'll honor her and her wish next week.