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The Grandview Heights Public Library is pleased to join eight other Central Ohio library systems in a partnership to promote a community reading of\u00a0Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Ibram\u00a0X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds<\/a>\u00a0as part of a\u00a0Let\u2019s Talk About Race: One Book\u2014One Community<\/strong>\u00a0initiative.<\/p>\n The community read kicks off on\u00a0Monday, November 9\u00a0and continues through\u00a0Sunday, January 24<\/strong>,\u00a0when the libraries will host author\u00a0Jason Reynolds<\/strong> in a virtual discussion of the book at 4 pm. Register for this free event<\/a>.<\/p>\n This\u00a0initiative\u00a0is designed to broaden and deepen the library\u2019s focus on literacy and cultivate dialogue around race and social justice based upon\u00a0a\u00a0shared reading experience for the\u00a0Central Ohio community.<\/p>\n During this 11-week program, each library will work with local schools and other community partners to promote reading and discussion of the book.<\/p>\n Read the book and join the conversation!\u00a0Central Ohio libraries are\u00a0making\u00a0extra\u00a0copies of the book available for this event.<\/p>\n Reserve the book, e-book, or audiobook<\/a> at ghpl.org.<\/p>\n Browse booklists, events, worksheets, and resources<\/a> compiled by GHPL staff at ghpl.org\/antiracism<\/a>.<\/p>\n This nonfiction Young Adult book is packed with relevant information that is poised to help promote dialogue and bridge the differences that divide us.<\/p>\n A free reading guide prepared by the publisher is available at: He focused on poetry for approximately the next two decades, only reading a novel cover to cover for the first time at age 17 and publishing several poetry collections before he published his own first novel,\u00a0When I Was\u00a0The\u00a0Greatest<\/em>, in 2014. He won the Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe Award for New Talent for this first work of prose and seven more novels followed in the next four years, including\u00a0Ghost<\/em>\u00a0(2016) and two more books in what became his\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling Track series,\u00a0Patina<\/em>\u00a0(2017) and\u00a0Sunny\u00a0<\/em>(2018);\u00a0As Brave As You<\/em>\u00a0(2016), winner of the 2016 Kirkus Prize, the 2017 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth\/Teen, and the 2017 Schneider Family Book Award; and a Marvel Comics novel called\u00a0Miles Morales: Spider-Man<\/em>\u00a0(2017).<\/p>\n Reserve Jason Reynolds’ books from the library<\/a> at ghpl.org.<\/p>\n Jason Reynolds photo by James J. Reddington.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> Participating libraries:<\/p>\n Libraries Partner for\u00a0“One Book\u2014One Community” Initiative\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Libraries encourage discussion of race with community reading of\u00a0Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi The Grandview Heights Public Library is pleased to join eight other Central Ohio library systems in a partnership to promote a community reading of\u00a0Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You\u00a0by\u00a0Ibram\u00a0X. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5583"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5786,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583\/revisions\/5786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stamped-682x1030.jpg\")
\nABOUT THE BOOK\u00a0<\/strong>
\nStamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0a timely and accessible\u00a0book\u00a0by bestselling author Jason Reynolds. While written for young people, this nonfiction remix of\u00a0Stamped from the Beginning\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Ibram\u00a0X. Kendi is a timely read for people of all ages.<\/p>\n
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\nABOUT JASON REYNOLDS\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nJason Reynolds is an American author who writes novels and poetry for young adult and middle-grade audiences, including\u00a0Ghost<\/em>, a National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature. Born in Washington, DC,\u00a0and raised in neighboring Oxon Hill, Maryland, Reynolds found inspiration in rap to begin writing poetry at nine years old.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9-libraries-logo-long-scaled-1030x94.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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\nIn addition to sharing resources,\u00a0Central Ohio libraries have a history of collaboration. A discussion that began in July 2020 of how to work together to increase community understanding and promote constructive dialogue on the topic of race in America resulted in this\u00a0One Book\u2014One Community<\/strong> program, which encourages friends, families and neighbors to share their personal experience while reading the same book.<\/p>\n\n