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Starts: Thursday, 01 July 2021
Ends: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/
This challenge is for the books in the Upper Elementary category of the list. There are 23 titles in this category.
Every year, the Rainbow Book List Committee shares a list of books published the previous year that "represent an array of diverse stories and identities representing the LGBTQIA+ youth experience in books." The entire list contains 190 titles published from July 1st, 2021-December 31st, 2022.
There are two Top Ten lists:
This challenge is for the books in the Upper Elementary category of the list. There are 23 titles in this category.
Every year, the Rainbow Book List Committee shares a list of books published the previous year that "represent an array of diverse stories and identities representing the LGBTQIA+ youth experience in books." The entire list contains 190 titles published from July 1st, 2021-December 31st, 2022.
There are two Top Ten lists:
- The Top Ten Titles for Young Readers (Birth-Middle School)
- The Top Ten Titles for Teen Readers (Young Adult)
These titles will have an asterisk (*) before their name.
From the 2023 Rainbow Book List blog post published on January 30th, 2023:
The importance of this list (and others like it) cannot be understated, especially in a time when we are seeing a record number of efforts to ban both materials and support for LGBTQIA+ young people and their families. It is our hope that our efforts to identify appealing and high quality queer books for youth will help young people, librarians, educators, and caregivers of all kinds to connect our readers with information and stories that are critical to their well being and growth. The suppression of these books is a detriment to all youth, and we cannot ignore the damage these challenges are having on the young people in our society. We know that there are individuals who will try to censor these books, but we offer this carefully curated list to the multitude of youth advocates working in our communities to connect young readers to the books that they so desperately need. This collection of titles is an invitation for all readers to create a more welcoming future for everyone.
The Rainbow Book List is brought to you by the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association. This year’s committee researched and evaluated over 550 titles in order to find some of the best queer books written for children and teens. Members of the 2023 Rainbow Book List are: Amanda Melilli (Chair), University of Nevada, Las Vegas -Teacher Development & Resources Library (NV), Karina Andrus, Fountaindale Public Library (IL), Mariel DePalma, Baldwin Public Library (NY), Jess Geiss, Stanislaus County Library (CA), Paige Harp, Missouri State University, Meyer Library -Educator Resources (MO), Hayley Morgenstern, New Orleans Public Library (LA), Cecilia Pasqualicchio, The Ocean County Library (NJ), Jennifer Powell, Arcadia Elementary, Tuscaloosa City Schools (AL), Molly Saunders, ALSO Youth (FL), Katy Schorling, Colorado State Penitentiary (CO), Isaiah West, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (MD), Dawn Zimmerer, Madison County Library System (MS), Jenna Ingham (Administrative Assistant), Verona Public Library (NJ)
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