National Coming Out Day celebrates coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) or as an ally. This year (on Thursday, October 11, 2018) we celebrate the 30th anniversary of National Coming Out Day!
In the Middle School Library we’re celebrating National Coming Out Day all month! The books on display feature LGBTQ characters, or are about LGBTQ events & figures in history.
For all of October, we displayed a plethora of spooky reads! The collection contained ghost stories, books on monsters, spooky graphic novels & more! Favorites included the Spooky Stories To Tell in the Dark collections, Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, and Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts!
Banned Books Week was held on September 23 – 29. The 2018 theme, “Banning Books Silences Stories,” was a reminder that everyone needs to speak out against the tide of censorship. We celebrated Banned Books Week by featuring a display of books in the library that have been banned or challenged somewhere in the US. Many of them were some of our most popular titles! This helped accentuate the importance of granting the freedom to read for all ages and readers.
September 15-October 15th is Latinx Heritage Month! We featured books in the library by Latinx authors, featuring Latinx characters, or about Latinx figures in history.
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