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2025 A Kaleidoscope of Knowledge: Expanding Literary Access for African-American Youth in Northeastern Jefferson County, Arkansas Tea Time Book Circle (older books 4th grade -12) Early Learning Express (Winston Prouty Center for Early Child Development (younger books - infant to 5 years) OMG Youth Sports and Enrichment–Black Boy Joy Book Club (K-5) and We Got Next: Young Authors Lab (6-12). 2024 Mary McLeod Bethune School #45, Rochester City School District Strengthen Orlando The Lee County Black History Society 2023 Redeem, Detroit, MI The Child Development Center at Kingsborough Community...

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table honors outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that celebrate African American culture and universal human values. Join us this February as we celebrate the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King through our Black History Month Reading Challenge. Participants are invited to read one Coretta Scott King Book Award–winning title each day during the month of February or follow along using the titles included on our monthly reading calendar. This challenge is open to all. Help us spread the word by...