Books for Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month and we’re highlighting books that celebrate disabled stories and creators. Browse our collection here: Elementary collection
Read moreSonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School. She served as assistant district attorney in New York County, and then as a litigator at Pavia & Harcourt. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated her to the US District Court, Southern District of New York. In 1997, President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009, becoming the first Latina to ever hold such a high position. She is the author of My Beloved World, Turning Pages, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, and Just Help! How to Build a Better World.
July is Disability Pride Month and we’re highlighting books that celebrate disabled stories and creators. Browse our collection here: Elementary collection
Read moreLast week, the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter announced their 2020 literary award winners and honorees at its annual meeting. Below you can find which Penguin Random House titles appropriate for Elementary School students were among the winners. To see which Middle School and High School titles were honored, click here. Giesel Award Stop! Bot!
Read moreIn a 2021 Carnegie Corporation article titled “What We Owe Our Children,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned, “Civic duties and behaviors are learned, not inherited. If the seeds of lifelong, prepared, and engaged participation are not planted… they will never grow.” How, then, do we plant the seeds of citizenship in young children?
Read morePenguin Random House is proud to celebrate Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month. We are highlighting the works of our incredible authors from the Latinx and Hispanic community whose stories and characters have a profound impact on our society. Using #IAmLaCultura, join us this month and beyond in sharing stories of the Latinx and Hispanic voices
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