Thanks to @Claribel_Ortega for sharing WITCHLINGS Scholastic with Sargent Shriver Elementary School 5G and opening the door to a world of magic inspired by her Dominican heritage. The presentation was followed by a rich and candid Q&A. Thanks to all who helped coordinate this @aobfound event!

Here is a quick follow-up to our previous post, @Claribel_Ortega at Sargent Shriver Elementary School. !Gracias Claribel!

Last week we held a fantabulous event w Young Vo for GIBBERISH (Levine Querido) w Strong John Thomson, Seaton Elementary DC & Walker-Jones EC. Our friends Planet Word Museum were our gracious host. Books for Seaton ES were generously supported by Carr Maloney PC thanks to our partnership w @washlaw4cr.

CITY FEET (Reycraft Books) is a must have book! We spent the day with the delightful @ProfessorAixa at Powell ES-DCPS last Friday. The kindergartners and 1st graders were energetic and enthusiastic to meet an author / illustrator. Thanks to Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs for funding the visit!

A warm HHESHUSKIES hello as Hena Khan, Andrea Menotti & Yancey Labat shared their new 📚 POWER OF INVISIBILITY w G4 students. Cheers for news of a signed copy for each student. New term: try-againdings & a poll on the next superpower. Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚. Thanks Anna Uehling!

Thanks to Katie yamasaki and educators at John Lewis ES (DC Public Schools) for a beautiful day discussing her newest book SHAPES, LINES, AND LIGHT (Norton Young Readers). DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities

So grateful to the talented Alexa Patrick for spending Friday at PhelpsACE & Paul Laurence Dunbar. She shared poetry, wisdom, & enthusiasm w future creators. She shared her new book REMEDIES FOR DISAPPEARING (Haymarket Books). Tx to Writers & Artists Across the Country for supporting her incredible talent.

Huge thanks @kellymmcwilliams for connecting w students HD Woodson HS & McKinley Middle to share YOUR PLANTATION PROM IS NOT OKAY (Little, Brown Young Readers ) & for highlighting the importance of activism & allyship! Both sessions were equally engaging and meaningful!Thanks to DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities

School's out! Roll on summer... we wish students, educators, & families everywhere a fun, relaxing & enjoyable break. We hope you find a good book to read! If you get stuck for ideas, DC Public Library Montgomery County Public Libraries (MD) Prince George's County Memorial Library System Alexandria Library or Fairfax Library can help you out!

AOB's fiscal year ends this week, and what a fantastic year it's been! A huge THANK YOU to everyone in the AOB community who made it all possible - educators, school administrators, authors, illustrators, publishers, community partners, donors, volunteers and supporters!

Time well spent with Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™ 's Camp Joy cohort & @EbonyLadelle yesterday! Thanks for sharing insight re: writing/publishing process, reading an excerpt from LOVE RADIO, & creating space reflection & questions! Thanks Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™ for a wonderful partnership!

Numbers can only tell so much of the story... here's what we've heard from some of the students and educators we met this year. Thanks to everyone in the AOB community for supporting us! youtu.be/PfD4qRNQ9Mk

We are thrilled to be named a Society for Science STEM Action Grant awardee for the 2nd year! $$ will support a STEM Residence like the one we held last yr w/ Heather L Montgomery (SOMETHING ROTTEN: A FRESH LOOK AT ROADKILL). Exploration, experimentation, collaboration! literacy x STEM

A great morning talking with so many fantastic educators at the D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice Social Justice Curriculum Fair! We’re starting to get excited for the upcoming school year!

Visit @Loyaltybooks (Petworth or downtown Silver Spring) & order a paperback copy of BLACK BOY JOY (Kwame the Gr8). A local student will get a signed copy for their personal library at an upcoming event! Celebrate the start of the school year - spread some reading JOY! 💛📚💚📚💙

It's the last long weekend of the summer, & in between the BBQs & a final lap at the pool, stop by @Loyaltybooks & buy a copy of BLACK BOY JOY, edited by Kwame the Gr8 ($8.99). That 📘 will land in the hands of a local student at an upcoming author event organized by AOB!

On this International Literacy Day, we congratulate our 2023 Library of Congress Literacy Award winners and honorees: The News Literacy Project DowntownBoxingGym and Worldreader have received top prizes. Learn about the winners and honorees here: go.loc.gov/GNI250PJjGw

Planet Word Museum AnOpenBookFoundation Teaching for Change DC Books to Prisons Turning the Page Join us at BooktoberFest for thoughtful panel discussion on banned books moderated by Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™ to honor Banned Books Week. Other panelists include: Nakeesha J Ceran of Social Justice Books, 2022 SLJ Librarian of the Year K.C. Boyd, and 2 of SMP authors, Sasa Aakil and T’Asia Bates

When a student response after a program with author Eliot Schrefer 🌈 CHARMING YOUNG MAN is "this is the best day of my life" it's a successful day with AnOpenBookFoundation at Roosevelt HS DC .