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Read Across America Week

Read Across America week spans from March 2-6, 2024.

Explore titles on the 2024 Read Across America list. The NEA selects three titles for each month (one in each age group). Here is the whole year of titles and resources to go along with them!

Create & celebrate a nation of diverse readers! Use TeachingBooks tools to connect readers to diverse books and easily share engaging and exciting resources!

Browse by any of our twenty-three Cultural Experiences to find titles and resources by or about members of the selected category.

Use our Cultural Experience filters anytime you are searching to narrow find titles from specific cultural experience areas such as Jewish, Latinx, Immigrant/Refugee.
Find and infuse diverse materials into all reading experiences. Find and infuse.... using the Use the Diverse Books Toolkit.

Explore Book Awards & Distinctions that focus on diversity.
Build background knowledge for titles using Cultural Representation Multi-Leveled Lessons like this sample lesson.
Celebrate Differences with these Ready-to-Use Lessons.