Mundie Moms

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Diversify Your Reading Challenge

Have you joined the Diversify Your Summer Reading Challenge yet? This is an awesome challenge that Cindy Pon and Malinda Lo are hosting, that also includes some fabulous prizes. I've quoted the following details from their site, but please go HERE to read ALL the details, sign up for the challenge, and see the huge list of prizes.

Libraries: We invite librarians to incorporate diverse middle grade and young adult novels into your summer reading programs, whether it’s as a book display, a book club event, or a book list you’ve created to share with your patrons. Please take photos or shoot video of your display or event and share them with us!

Readers and Book Bloggers: We invite readers and book bloggers to read diverse MG and YA books throughout the summer (you choose the books!) and write an essay (at least 500 words) about your experience. You can post it on your website, Blogger, LiveJournal, Tumblr, or on Facebook; we only ask that your post be publicly readable.

What to read: You can read whichever diverse books you like! By diverse we mean: (1) main characters or major secondary characters (e.g., a love interest or best friend kind of character) who are of color or are LGBT; or (2) written by a person of color or LGBT author. If you need some suggestions, check out our monthly lists of new books, and these book lists at Black Teens Read.

1 comment:

  1. I love this challenge. And not just because my main character is Maya and Irish. ;) It sounds like a lot of fun. I'm in!

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