New features:
Since our last summer reading challenge, we’ve added two new primary diversity elements to track,
1) Asian Asian-American and Pacific Islander, and
2) Native Nations and Indigenous Peoples.
Together we’ll be creating a giant community tracker displayed in the CDJL so we can see how many books in how many categories we can all read together.
By using our reading tracker and placing a sticker or check mark or smiley face or whatever you like on the colored bar that matches the diversity elements in the books you read, you’ll get a sense of how broadly, deeply and diversely you’re reading! Use one sticker or check mark for each book read, or every twenty minutes of reading independently or together.
What goal will you set for yourself?
How deeply and broadly can you read?
Can you read at least one book in every diversity element?
What new tales and truths will you discover?
Need a tracker? Get a tracker! Two ways:
Pick one up at the CDJ Library:
We are located inside the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church at 2931 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919 Room H.
The CDJ Library is open during TVUUC office hours. Weekdays typically 9:30am - 4:30pm Monday - Thursday. Sundays 10:00am - 12:30pm. Check the TVUUC website calendar for updates at www.tvuuc.org/calendar.
Download the 8.5 x 11 inch full color reading tracker pictured above by clicking here or navigating to this link https://tinyurl.com/CDJLSummer2022.
Find books:
Read and track books from the Children’s Diversity & Justice Library by following the steps to Borrow A Book from our menu above or navigate to this link to learn how https://cdjlibrary.org/borrowcdjl
Read and track books that match our 14 primary diversity elements from the libraries and bookstores of your choice. You can use our online library catalog to give you great ideas for what to look for (https://www.librarycat.org/lib/CDJLibrary/). Maybe you’ll find something new to us too!
Create a community tracker & get prizes starting as early as August 15:
Bring in your tracker starting as early as August 15, and anytime afterwards, and together we’ll create a giant community tracker in the library (you can keep your tracker too, just bring it in so we can add you to the collective tracker).
How many books can we collectively read in each category?! What’s your guess? 100? 1000? A million kazillion trillion?
The first 24 trackers that come in can also receive a prize pack filled with fun diversity, community & justice themed activities and keepsakes.
We hope you’ll have a great time reading the rainbow this summer! Any questions contact cdjlib@gmail.com