Literacy Week
Bring beloved literary classics to life!
About Literacy Week
Mission Graduates celebrates our shared love of reading through family reading events across our Extended Day Programs.
Literacy Week starts with National Read Across America Day and keeps that joy going for an entire week!
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Mission Graduates has a long history of social justice and activism. As such, our Literacy Week celebrations are also a celebration of diversity and representation.
Check out some of our selections from past years.
Building Literacy at Home (2021)
Our selections are coming soon!
Books by Womxn of Color (2020)
Dreamers by Yuyi • Morales Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga • One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia • Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match by Monica Brown •My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero • Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence • Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo • Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison & Slade Morrison • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin • The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste • Lark Holds the Key by Natasha Deen • Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina • The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez • Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Ham • Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan • Tiger in My Soup by Kashmira Sheth • Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
