Read Aloud FL

Happy Banned Book Week to everyone… 📚
I hope you pick up a Banned or Challenged book from you local book store or library and share the magic!
Find a book listed here….
Specific to Florida: https://www.fftrp.org/florida_censorship_attempts

From PEN America:
https://pen.org/book-bans/index-of-school-book-bans-2022/

Another great day at Selby Gardens doing a ReadAloud FL event. Read Dreamers by Yuyi Morales and All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold.

Tomorrow!!! At Selby Gardens smdowntown campus….Aug 24th! 10:30-11:30….
Come listen to Sulwe read my Walter Gilbert.
Book give aways and swag to celebrate inclusion and diversity! ❤️

ReadAloudFL is back to celebrate diversity and inclusion in books!!
August 24th 10:30-11:30 at Selby Gardens!
*free book to the first 15 families and diversity book swag for all*
Check out our updated website for our FREE fall programs.
Www.readaloudfl.com
Alicia Casals Elisa Karen Ted Wilson

Check this out!! We will be reading these when our events start at Selby Gardens in February!
So excited!!

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October 1st - 7th is Banned Books Week. ‼️ Comment LINK and I’ll send the full list of Banned and Challenged picture books straight to your DMs ‼️ “This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials. Readers, particularly students, are losing access to critical information, and librarians and teachers are under attack for doing their jobs.”
- Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom  📚 Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read, and highlighting current and historical attempts to censor books. 📣 The theme of this year’s Banned Books Week is “Let Freedom Read.” As the ALA states: “When we ban books, we’re closing off readers to people, places, and perspectives. But when we stand up for stories, we unleash the power that lies inside every book.” 💬 Which banned book will you read next?

Thank you for partnering with us to have these book events celebrating inclusive shelves!
Thank you Shavonda and all the guest readers she brought to share the joy of reading!!
Thank you for book donations and continued support!
We are looking forward to a short break then getting back at it in the Fall! Stay tuned for more!
Www.readaloudfl.com

Come out if you can! We are better together. 💕

Plan to come out…Mark you calendars!

We read aloud challenged books, celebrate the wonderful diversity books offer helping us to learn about ourselves and others and join in community!

Our enthusiastic 🤩 guest reader, Shavonda Griffin, will lead the reading and interactions!!
You are in for a treat!
(and FREE entry to enjoy Selby Gardens at Historic Spanish Point after the event.)

So excited for Saturday....Please let us know if you are coming....EVENTBRIT link:

Read Aloud Come together to celebrate books that highlight diversity! Will be reading books and hosting a book swap in beautiful Spanish Point.

"Do state leaders really care if your kid is reading these books? I doubt it. It’s about making you feel afraid. Such policies discourage teachers from addressing topics like racism or sexism in the classroom and suggest to parents that sending their kids to a public school is akin to shipping them off to an indoctrination camp. It’s that fear that worries me—the idea that we should be frightened of unorthodox ideas, ugly history and provocative art, and, especially, that we should be afraid of one another. Left to fester, that fear will drive good teachers out of the school system and undermine people’s trust in public education. I’d wager that’s the point." - Cooper Levey-Baker, Sarasota Magazine

The Freedom to Read Fear will drive good teachers out of the school system and undermine people’s trust in public education.