Wake Your Friday Brain Cells – May 30 Edition

CHILDREN’S LIT

11 must-read books celebrating AANHPI stories – Seattle’s Child

Elisha Cooper on the Beauty of Imperfect – New York Times

LIBRARIES

In a Stunning Reversal, The Fifth Circuit Deals a Massive Blow to the Freedom to Read – Words & Money

Rural library funding threats – NPR

This is Government Censorship in its Plainest Form, States EveryLibrary – SLJ

YA LIT

13 Captivating Titles to Sweep Teens Away in the Summer Months – We Are Kid Lit Collective

Here Have Some New YA Romance Coming This Summer, by Riley Jensen – SLJ

Kenneth Oppel returns with an edge-of-your-seat survival thriller – Quill & Quire