Social Distancing with BOOKS! Buzzfeed's 44 Books To Read Over Spring Break

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44 Great Books To Read Over Spring Break If Your Travel Plans Are Canceled

Not a question of IF but of WHEN (now?) and for how LONG we all are going to be hunkered down, eating Takis (better than Flaming Hot Cheetos - fight me) and distancing ourselves from our neighbors? Thank GOD for books! Buzzfeed asked for top-picks from indie bookstores for this list of books you need to pass the quarantine time. Mil gracias to Palabras Bilingual Bookstore in Arizona, and owner Rasaura "Chawa” Magaña for selecting The Grief Keeper! Rasaura was recently awarded the 2020 Humanities Rising Star Award by AZ Humanities. Congratulations!

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Rainbow Book List 2020

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The American Library Association has announced their 2020 Rainbow Book List and THE GRIEF KEEPER is on the list! With so many of my favorite authors and books included on this list, it’s an honor to be among them! Check out the full list - and get these wonderful books into the hands of kids you know. LGBTQ+ books should be on EVERY child’s shelf. This is our beautiful world. We need to share it with them. https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/1331

Upcoming Events

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September 20
3:30PM
Teen Space at Westerly Public Library
https://www.westerlylibrary.org/events/teen/creativewriting

Teen Creative Writing Workshop
With Rory Power

September 22

SALEM LITERARY FESTIVAL
YA Day at House of Seven Gables
http://salemlitfest.org/wp/?page_id=609

October 12
TEXAS TEEN BOOK FESTIVAL
Southwestern University, Texas
https://texasteenbookfestival.org/

October 22
Barnes & Noble
Roseville, CA
With Traci Chee and Anna-Marie Mclemore

October 23
Hicklebee’s Books
San Jose, CA
With James Brandon

November 2
YALSA Symposium
Memphis TN

November 21
NCTE
Baltimore, MD

November 23-24
MIAMI BOOK FESTIVAL
Miami, FL