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Partnering with WORDBridge Now: Online Author Meetups

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Lee & Low is a proud partner of WORDBridge Now, LLC℠, an organization that was founded to help its members learn, empathize, and increase civility and compassion for a more just world. WORDBridge Now℠ Membership provides live online author meetups designed to inspire and uplift, and several Lee & Low authors have presented as part of our partnership.

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Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® Launches Read Aloud Campaign to Protect the Freedom to Read

Brightly colored stripes behind the words "60 for 60 Read Aloud Campaign Protect the Freedom to Read" with kids of many races holding up books and the Freedom Schools logo

At Lee and Low, we are thrilled to support the efforts of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools as they commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project with a campaign to protect our freedom to read.

The 60 for 60 Read Aloud Campaign aims to recruit 60 children’s book authors and illustrators to read at Freedom Schools across the country on the CDF Freedom Schools’ National Day of Social Action, Wednesday, July 17th, 2024.

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New Release: Wat Takes His Shot

Today, we are delighted to celebrate the release of Wat Takes His Shot: The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru Misaka, the stirring biography of Japanese American basketball star Wataru Misaka—the first person of color to play in the NBA!

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Guide to Reading at Home with Children 

Books have the power to initiate meaningful conversations between adults and young people. Our Guide to Reading at Home with Children/Guía de Lee & Low Books para leer en casa en familia was created to help caregivers learn how to read aloud with children at home, build excitement before reading, improve comprehension, and create discussion.

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