Read Across Texas 2021
Read Across Texas, a project of the Texas Center for the Book at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Read, encourages communities to engage in challenging, insightful, and transformative conversations. Join libraries across the state in May and June to discover how these books can help open up the dialogue and explore what “recovery” means within your communities.
To learn more about the project, visit: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/readacrosstexas
These graphics and content are available to help promote these books and available resources to your communities throughout this time.
Where to use
Social Media – use #ReadAcrossTexas
Email/Newsletter
Website Homepage, Collections/Content page
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Read Across Texas encourages communities to engage in challenging, insightful, and transformative conversations. We invite libraries and organizations across Texas to participate in this effort by using books to open dialogue and explore what “recovery” could mean within their communities. Please visit https://www.tsl.texas.gov/
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Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here by Nancy Wayson Dinan
Boyd Montgomery is 18 years old when a flash flood in central Texas sweeps away her best friend, Isaac. Despite the rising waters, Boyd is determined to save her friend, and she’s not alone in her quest: her neighbor, Carla, spots Boyd’s boot prints leading away from the safety of home and follows in her path. Hours later, her mother returns to find Boyd missing, and she, too, joins the search. All three women know the land well, but they are unprepared for the new world the storm has created and the fissures that have drawn forth the ghosts of Texas past and present. Haunting and timely, Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here considers questions of history and empathy and brings a pre-apocalyptic landscape both foreign and familiar to shockingly vivid life.
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We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time by José Andrés with Richard Wolfe
Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The economy was destroyed and for most people, there was no clean water, no food, no power, no gas, and no way to communicate with the outside world.
Andrés addressed the humanitarian crisis the only way he knew how: by feeding people, one hot meal at a time. Based on Andrés’s insider’s take as well as on meetings, messages, and conversations he had while in Puerto Rico, We Fed an Island movingly describes how a network of community kitchens activated real change and tells an extraordinary story of hope in the face of disasters both natural and man-made, offering suggestions for how to address a crisis like this in the future.
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All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing after the Oklahoma City Bombing by Chris Barton, illustrated by Nicole Xu
Sometimes bad things happen, and you have to tell everyone. Sometimes terrible things happen, and everybody knows. On April 19, 1995, something terrible happened in Oklahoma City: a bomb exploded, and people were hurt and killed. But that was not the end of the story.
Those who survived—and those who were forever changed—shared their stories and began to heal. Near the site of the bomb blast, an American elm tree began to heal as well. People took care of the tree just as they took care of each other. The tree and its seedlings now offer solace to people around the world grappling with tragedy and loss.
This nonfiction picture book about tragedy, hope, and healing was released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. This book commemorates what was lost and offers hope for the future.
For Instagram
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Read Across Texas encourages communities to engage in challenging, insightful, and transformative conversations. We invite libraries and organizations across Texas to participate in this effort by using books to open dialogue and explore what “recovery” could mean within their communities. Please visit https://www.tsl.texas.gov/
For Instagram
Caption:
Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here by Nancy Wayson Dinan
Boyd Montgomery is 18 years old when a flash flood in central Texas sweeps away her best friend, Isaac. Despite the rising waters, Boyd is determined to save her friend, and she’s not alone in her quest: her neighbor, Carla, spots Boyd’s boot prints leading away from the safety of home and follows in her path. Hours later, her mother returns to find Boyd missing, and she, too, joins the search. All three women know the land well, but they are unprepared for the new world the storm has created and the fissures that have drawn forth the ghosts of Texas past and present. Haunting and timely, Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here considers questions of history and empathy and brings a pre-apocalyptic landscape both foreign and familiar to shockingly vivid life.
For Instagram
Caption:
We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time by José Andrés with Richard Wolfe
Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The economy was destroyed and for most people, there was no clean water, no food, no power, no gas, and no way to communicate with the outside world.
Andrés addressed the humanitarian crisis the only way he knew how: by feeding people, one hot meal at a time. Based on Andrés’s insider’s take as well as on meetings, messages, and conversations he had while in Puerto Rico, We Fed an Island movingly describes how a network of community kitchens activated real change and tells an extraordinary story of hope in the face of disasters both natural and man-made, offering suggestions for how to address a crisis like this in the future.
For Instagram
Caption:
All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing after the Oklahoma City Bombing by Chris Barton, illustrated by Nicole Xu
Sometimes bad things happen, and you have to tell everyone. Sometimes terrible things happen, and everybody knows. On April 19, 1995, something terrible happened in Oklahoma City: a bomb exploded, and people were hurt and killed. But that was not the end of the story.
Those who survived—and those who were forever changed—shared their stories and began to heal. Near the site of the bomb blast, an American elm tree began to heal as well. People took care of the tree just as they took care of each other. The tree and its seedlings now offer solace to people around the world grappling with tragedy and loss.
This nonfiction picture book about tragedy, hope, and healing was released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. This book commemorates what was lost and offers hope for the future.
