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A P R I L 12 is D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything and Read), and
April is School Library Month. CTA's California Reads offers
educator-recommended books by grade level. Here are a few;
visit cta.org/californiareads for the full list.
In 1994, Yuyi Morales and her infant son left Mexico for the
United States. Her picture book Dreamers (pre-K, kindergar-
ten) is about their experience. Facing enormous challenges,
they found an unexpected refuge: the public library. There,
book by book, they untangled the language of this strange
new land, and learned to make a home within it. A Spanish-
language edition, Soñadores, is also available.
In The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (grades 6-8), 15-year-
old Afro Latina Xiomara feels unheard and unable to hide in
her Harlem neighborhood. She pours her frustrations and
passions into a notebook, reciting the words to herself like
prayers. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry
club, she knows her strict, religious mother would not allow
it. But Xiomara can't be silenced. A story about acceptance,
rebellion and identity, told in verse.
On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn, a haven for the
LGBTQ+ community, was raided by police in New York City
— not for the first time. But that night, empowered members
of the community protested and fought back. Young readers
(grades 1-2) can discover how the incident became a turn-
ing point in the fight for LGBTQ+ civil rights in Stonewall: A
Building. An Uprising. A Revolution, written by Rob Sanders and
illustrated by Jamey Christoph.
Drop
Everything
and
Read!
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