Reading While Black: A Conversation With Isabelle “Isy” Ibibo
At the end of March, Isabelle “Isy” Ibibo and I finally had a conversation. It had taken almost a year for us to find time to chat and it was so worth it. Isy is a high-energy book nerd just like me!
Isy shared her vision as a librarian, her view of the organized attempts to ban books in the United States of America, and her Summer book recommendations.
Here are resources from Isy:
Book Recommendations:
You So Black by Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.
The Spooky Sleuth’s Series by Natasha Deen
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega
Attack of the Black Rectangles by A.S. King
How to Be a (young) Antiracist by Nic Stone and Ibram X. Kendi
Multnomah County Library Resources:
Non-MCL Resources:
Ella Scott's Banned Book Club: How Students Are Fighting Back In The War Over Censorship and Ideas
Oregon Library Association IF Toolkit
I wish each of you the summer that you need!
DBK