News to Wake Your Brain Cells – April 23

From Being to Doing: Anti-Racism as Action at Work Video

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

10 children’s books about empathy – Book Riot

17 children’s books that help kids deal with big feelings – Romper

Beyond stereotypes: 2021 AAPI Books for Young Readers – Publishers Weekly

LIBRARIES

The library’s furniture – Library Barbarian

YA LIT

18 YA verse novels to pick up during National Poetry Month – BuzzFeed

28 Canadian YA books to check out in spring 2021 – CBC

30 LGBTQ+ young adult books we think you should read this spring – BuzzFeed

Black YA authors you should read, from Angie Thomas to Walter Dean Myers – USA Today

Why is YA so popular? We ask authors Leigh Bardugo, behind the new Netflix series Shadow and Bone, and Marie Lu – The Globe and Mail