Every Child a Reader
@EveryChildRead
Kids & Teens literacy charity. Home of Children’s Book Week, the National Ambassador & Get Caught Reading. Partnered with The Children's Book Council/@CBCbook.
We’ve teamed up with @CBCBook, @Scholastic, and Dav Pilkey to bring you a free Power Up with Reading: Dog Man and Friends Epic Event Kit—featuring an exclusive Get Caught Reading poster designed by Dav Pilkey! SIGN UP HERE: everychildareader.net/cbw/davpilkey2…
Bestselling author & poet Nikki Grimes has written an original poem to go along with a painting by Floyd Cooper, in honor of #FloydCooperDay, May 8, 2025, celebrated each year during #ChildrensBookWeek. Learn more about the life & legacy of Floyd Cooper: cbcbooks.org/2025/05/07/202…
RSVP for the 2025 Anna Dewdney Award Read-Together Award Winners Live Event! Kelly Starling Lyons and Tonya Engel will gather virtually on May 7th for a live read-aloud of their winning book, My Hands Tell a Story. Learn more: everychildareader.net/anna/
Dive into #ChildrensBookWeek with a ton of great resources like our free poster, drawing pages, bookmarks, poems, and story starters. Don’t krill the vibe and download our resources today! everychildareader.net/cbw/ #StoryOcean #kidlit #EveryChildAReader #JulieFlett @GreystoneKids
NOW through March 21st, you can vote for one of the six finalists for the 2025 Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award! Vote for your favorite read-aloud today: everychildareader.net/anna/ #AnnaDewdneyAward @penguinkids
During his two-year term, our National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, @macbarnett, will celebrate the children’s picture book through his platform, Behold, The Picture Book! Let’s Celebrate Stories We Can Feel, Hear, and See. Learn more: everychildareader.net/ambassador/eve…
The @librarycongress & @EveryChildRead have announced the appointment of @macbarnett as the 2025-2026 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Barnett is the ninth author to hold this position. He succeeds Meg Medina, who served from 2023-2024. everychildareader.net/ambassador/
Get lost in An Ocean of Stories with our 2025 Children’s Book Week poster! Join artist Julie Flett in celebration of #ChildrensBookWeek, May 5-11, 2025 and download your free poster today! everychildareader.net/cbw/celebrate-… #StoryOcean #kidlit #JulieFlett @GreystoneKids
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Anna Dewdney Read Together Award! You can nominate up to five beloved picture book favorites published in the last five years. Deadline to submit Feb 7, 2025. Learn more: everychildareader.net/anna/ @penguinkids
Get Caught Reading with Rene Alegria, CEO of @MundoNowOficial - one of the largest independently owned Latino digital media platforms in the US! This is the first #GetCaughtReading poster featured in both English and Spanish! Learn more: getcaughtreading.org/new-posters/
Get Caught Reading with @ChiwonisoK, executive director of @MacDowell1907 and a champion of readers and writers everywhere. #GetCaughtReading is brought to you by @EveryChildRead, a 501(c)(3) providing free and fun materials to teachers and librarians. lnk.bio/s/CBCBook/b87ac
Get Caught Reading with middle-grade novelist Samantha San Miguel! #GetCaughtReading is a year-round campaign to promote the fun of reading books. We provide posters for teachers, librarians, and booksellers. Visit getcaughtreading.org/new-posters/ for more info!
Vera Ahiyya & @choochoojoey gathered virtually to record a thoughtful Q&A about their 2024 Anna Dewdney Award winning title, KINDergarten, where they answered fun rapid-fire questions, discussed their creative process, & much more! @penguinkids Link here: everychildareader.net/anna/
Get Caught Reading with producer, music director, arranger, community leader, performer, and author of 7 books, @dekesharon! #GetCaughtReading is a year-round campaign to promote the fun of reading books. Visit getcaughtreading.org/new-posters/ for more info!
Get Caught Listening this month and celebrate Audiobook Appreciation Month! Check out some of the audiobooks the CBC staff loves to dive into, find a Get Caught Listening poster with Meg Medina, and let us know what you’re listening to this month! lnk.bio/s/CBCBook/0cf6d
Check out this step-by-step video of @SophieBlackall drawing a 🐴 from her new book, IF I WAS A HORSE! ✨
✨NEW!✨Join 2x Caldecott Medalist @SophieBlackall at the @BKLYNlibrary for a look at her new book, IF I WAS A HORSE, & a lesson in how anyone can draw a 🐎 using some simple shapes & letters — only on #ReadySetDraw! kidlit.tv/ReadySetDrawSo… @littlebrown @CBCBook @EveryChildRead
NEW #GetCaughtReading poster featuring Toney Jackson, reading Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South, by @hudsonwade! Check out all of our new posters: getcaughtreading.org/new-posters/
Get caught reading - like educator/author/illustrator Toney Jackson, pictured here with Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South, by @hudsonwade This and other posters are available from @CBCBook’s award-winning Every Child a Reader initiative: getcaughtreading.org/new-posters/
This is so exciting! #booktalks #kidlit #reading
NEW VIDEO SERIES: Meg Medina, our National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, has launched “Cuéntame!: Let’s Talk Books!", a series of chats with notable children's & young adult authors, starting with Wendy Wan-Long Shang & Jarrett Krosoczka. More: go.loc.gov/fIhW50RFNjI
Continue the joy of Children’s Book Week by reading what you want, when you want, and how you want, and by celebrating reading your way! Find many great #NoRulesJustRead resources and join in the celebration: everychildareader.net/cbw/cbw-resour… @KidLitTV_NYC @sophieblackall @BKLYNlibrary
Meg Medina will be @NashuaLiberty tomorrow, Sunday, May 12th at 2pm! Link and more info below!
Meg Medina is back on tour for 2024! She will be in Santa Monica, CA in April @SMPublicLibrary and will visit @nashualibrary in Nashua, NH in May. For more information visit: lnk.bio/s/CBCBook/672b2