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Thanks for joining us, participating in raising awareness of challenged books, and promoting the #FreedomToRead!

Honor #IndigenousPeoplesDay with this selection of fiction, nonfiction, history, poetry, memoir, and more. on.nypl.org/3RNqnei

📚 The CCB will be having a fall book sale on November 4th! This sale will primarily feature middle grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction. Paperback books are $2 each, hardcovers are $5 each, and other items priced as marked. Join us for the pre-sale or community sale!

🎃👻 Join us next Thursday for our Movie Night: Spooky Edition featuring "The YouTube Effect, Part 2." We’ll be holding a costume contest where you can show off your spooky spirit and have a chance to win some #iSchoolUI swag! All are welcome to attend. bit.ly/3tB8Vzv

RDYL and the CCB are seeking emerging scholars (graduate students or early career scholars) to present research on a virtual panel regarding youth literature and Civil Rights childhoods in spring 2024. Submit proposals to [email protected] by Nov 15, 2023.

Start your holiday shopping early at the CCB/BCCB’s Fall Book Sale this Saturday! Whether you're building your home or classroom collection or looking for the perfect gift, choose from ~800 middle-grade and young-adult books! 📖💓 More details here: bit.ly/3tYrvlh

Feeling stressed by homework and classes? Get your creativity on and unwind with the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) for their Children’s Book Week Drawing & Coloring Celebration! Pick up free bookmarks, activity sheets, and more! bit.ly/3MobT0I

📢💥 Join us NEXT WEEK for the #iSchoolUI annual Research Showcase, from 12:00-4:30 PM in the Illini Union! Hear from our graduate students, staff, and faculty who will be presenting their research. See the schedule here: bit.ly/3sSN1nz

Save the date! To register for the CCB Writing & Illustrating Civil Rights Childhoods Author-Artist Panel, please visit tinyurl.com/m9sec4y7.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the #iSchoolUI Research Showcase this week! We enjoyed all of the presentations and posters featuring the diverse, interdisciplinary research in our School. #ICYMI, you can view our Facebook photo album here: bit.ly/3R4r94D 📸

Research on Diversity in Youth Literature's latest issue 5.2 is now published! Excited for this batch of great essays in this open access journal iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/rdyl/… #RDYL #iSchoolUl #iSchoolCcB #YouthLit #ChildLit #YALit #OpenAccess

The CCB/BCCB is hosting its annual book sale featuring hundreds of new children’s books for youth ages 0-18 on February 18-19, 2024. The pre-sale starts on 2/18, with $20 per person. Reserve your spot starting 2/1 by contacting [email protected]. bit.ly/3SxBDeB

#iSchoolUI Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hoiem has authored a new book, "The Education of Things, Mechanical Literacy in British Children's Literature, 1762-1860." This month, she will present research from her book at virtual and in-person events. 📘 bit.ly/3Uwcx0Z

Revamp your book collection and swing by the CCB/BCCB's annual book sale today until 4:00 PM in the lobby of 614 E. Daniel Street. Hundreds of brand-new children's books for youth ages birth through high school are up for grabs! 📚 bit.ly/3SxBDeB

Join the #iSchoolUI for the 2024 Gryphon Lecture, "Grappling with Martin Luther King Jr. in Youth Literature: Sequence as Resistance," presented by UConn Professor of English Kate Capshaw at noon on March 21. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4a8OJoA

Join us at noon Thursday, March 21, for the 2024 Gryphon Lecture! Kate Capshaw, professor of English and associate dean for DEI at UConn, will present "Grappling with Martin Luther King Jr. in Youth Literature: Sequence as Resistance." Read more ➡️ bit.ly/491frhK

A book co-edited by #iSchoolUI Associate Professor @readingspark, "Harry Potter and the Other: Race, Justice, and Difference in the Wizarding World," has received the ChLA Edited Book Award. Congratulations to Sarah and co-editor Ebony Elizabeth Thomas! 🎉 bit.ly/3v9c1fj