Our 2022 Summer Reading Program is in full swing & you can still Join Us!

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

Summer Reading Challenge: How Diversely Can You Read?

Our first ever Summer Reading Challenge has launched and you can play along at home!

By using our reading tracker (pictured above, downloadable below) and placing a sticker or check mark 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. What goal will you set for yourself?

Download the 8.5 x 11 inch full color reading tracker pictured above by clicking here or navigating to this link https://tinyurl.com/CDJLSummer.

To easily find books that match these 12 diversity elements, browse our catalog home page where you’ll find links to all the titles in our collection for each of these 12 main diversity elements. You can then look for the titles that interest you at your local libraries or book stores. Or, have fun matching any books you’re reading to these diversity elements . How many others can you identify? These 12 are certainly not the only diversity elements found in books! In fact, our catalog can also be searched by hundreds of other keywords such as Native American, First Nations, Asian American, inclusion, art, sports, food or anything else that interests you. While you’re reading this summer, we’ll be working on our catalog so that soon, we’ll have more main diversity elements for next summer’s challenge.

Have fun reading! We’d love to see pictures of your trackers as you fill them in, or hear back from you as to how you’re enjoying the challenge. To share with us, head to our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CDJLibrary.