The holiday also focuses on celebrating diversity through reading by recommending books, authors, and resources that represent a broad array of cultures. Read Across America’s mission is to promote the importance of reading and to motivate children to read. The National Education Association is the largest labor union in the United States, working to provide students with exceptional education standards. Seuss, children’s author, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker, credited with publishing over 60 beloved books for readers of all ages, including the ageless Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! This holiday was first launched by the National Education Association (NEA) in 1998 to encourage children across America to read more. The celebration falls on the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss Day, takes place annually to celebrate reading in the classroom. Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. New Study Published on Racism and Dr.Read Across America Day is quickly approaching on Tuesday, March 2. Thread from The Conscious Kid in the #DisruptTexts slow chat Seuss and Toward Diverse Books (School Library Journal) Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away From Dr. The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. *If you’re unaware of the issues with Dr. Seuss books, this post from Teach for the Change on Instagram is a good starting point. If you are looking for alternatives to traditional purposes for Dr. If you’re trying to share with students and getting blocked by enterprise Google settings, try using this published to the web version for sharing.
It is not open for making a copy to protect the integrity of the work & ensure you will see any changes. You can then save as a shortcut to your Drive. You can also access the Google slideshow using this link. READ ACROSS the Diverse Regions of AMERICA You can shop this list & others to support independent bookstores + my work at my Bookshop page! Last year, I selected 5 titles for each of the 5 regions of the United States (Northeast, Southeast, South, West, Midwest) you could use to truly represent and Read Across the Regions of America.įor this year, I updated the title selection to ensure each has a copyright-compliant read aloud video available. To help in efforts to have a more diverse & inclusive focus for students, two years ago I shared a list of 50 inclusive picture book read aloud alternatives.
Because we cannot refuse to move on from the past and bypass our responsibility to represent the entirety of what America is about today. Because we cannot allow racist or stereotyped imagery to be part of what we promote through our read aloud choices. So it’s time to move away from a day and week celebrating Seuss and into a focus on inclusive choices that more kids can relate to.īecause we cannot let nostalgia guide our decisions. Seuss can be both a beloved author AND ALSO problematic. Yet many schools still cling to the tradition without using a critical lens to consider what message the year after year celebration of just one author sends to students. Seuss and to “Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers” – moving away from a singular focus on, and raising up of, one white male author who has a history of racist imagery* and toward a year-long celebration of the diversity that makes our country what it is. Three years ago NEA changed the focus of Read Across America away from Dr.
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