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📚 Top Ten Books for Kids Ages 9 to 12 📚

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If you’ve been hunting for books your 9 to 12 year old will actually pick up and finish, this one’s for you. We’ve put together our favourite reads for this age group, and every single one of these has been a hit.

The list:
✨ The One and Only Ivan —
✨ Wonder - R.J. Palacio
✨ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief — rickriordan
✨ Out of My Mind —
✨ Impossible Creatures — .rundell
✨ The Wild Robot —
✨ Maizy Chen’s Last Chance —
✨ Harry Potter — J.K. Rowling
✨ Front Desk —
✨ Diary of a Wimpy Kid —

Which one is your kid’s current favourite? Drop it below! Let us know which books we should include next time!

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📚✨ Happy National Library Week! ✨📚

Today we celebrate Right to Read Day, a powerful reminder that everyone deserves access to books, ideas, and the freedom to explore them.

A special thank you to Ms. Pope for my “I’m With The Banned” T-shirt. It was the perfect gift to wear today! 💙📖

Let’s continue to stand up for the right to read, the freedom to learn, and the joy that books bring into our lives.

In 1969, Carrie Coleman Robinson, a Black school librarian in Alabama, brought a landmark case to the U.S. District Court against the state's Department of Education.

Born in Mississippi in 1906, Robinson began her career as a librarian serving Black schools in South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana before settling in Alabama. In 1946, she decided to continue her professional education. Unable to be admitted to the University of Alabama library school due to her race, Robinson enrolled in the University of Illinois master’s degree program in 1948, returning to Alabama afterward.

In 1962, Robinson was hired as Negro School Library Supervisor in Alabama’s Department of Education. While serving in this position, federal funds became available to improve secondary school libraries across the nation. The Alabama DOE's list of viable candidates for a supervisor position excluded Carrie Robinson, despite her high qualifications, and the position went instead to an underqualified white person. It was later found that department officials routinely failed to advertise and recruit for applications from Black people compared to similarly situated white people.

On May 14, 1969, she filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court, alleging that she had been denied equal protection as a department employee because of her race. On December 23 that year, the National Education Association and the Alabama State Teachers Association filed a class action suit against the department on Robinson’s behalf. It was the first time the NEA filed a racial discrimination suit against a state department of education, and the only time it supported a school librarian.

On October 6, 1970, both parties in the Robinson case reached an agreement: Robinson was promoted to a higher-ranking role and received a salary increase, while the state agreed to pay all her legal fees.

Read more about Robinson and her impact on librarianship: https://bit.ly/4tPI0db

It's National Library Week!

Millions of people visit their libraries every week—and for good reason. During National Library Week, April 19–25, take time to discover what brings you joy at your library. Visit your library and bring friends and family along; encourage a friend to get a library card and discover the opportunities it unlocks; browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program or storytime, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace.

National Library Week is filled with opportunities to celebrate our libraries and take action to keep them strong. Join in on one (or all!) of the various commemoration days:

Monday, 4/20: Right to Read Day - we're calling on library lovers and advocates to celebrate wins against censorship efforts and to take action to defend the freedom to read. On Right to Read Day, ALA will release the State of America's Libraries Report, including the list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2025.

Tuesday, 4/21: National Library Workers Day - take time to honor and thank the library workers at your library for all they do to impact your community.

Wednesday, 4/22: National Library Outreach Day - a day to celebrate libraries meeting people where they are. Look for your library out in your community - in the bookmobile, at a local pop-up, at schools or assisted living facilities, or wherever!

Thursday, 4/23: Take Action For Libraries Day - this year, we're asking YOU to show up for our libraries and take action against legislative censorship attempts by contacting Congress.

Stay tuned for posts throughout the week and more ways to get involved, and be sure to visit your library and ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library.