The winner of the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice is The Price of Mercy from @crownpublishing.bsky.social ! This book takes is a vivid revelation of the flaws in our justice system while offering a blueprint for finally fixing it.
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The winner of the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice is The Price of Mercy from @crownpublishing.bsky.social ! This book takes is a vivid revelation of the flaws in our justice system while offering a blueprint for finally fixing it.
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Congratulations to the winner of the Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize For Social Justice!
Talking Books from Simon & Schuster is the captivating story of how Dr. Robert B. Irwin invented the audiobook and revolutionized how stories are shared. #GoddardBookPrizes

Congratulations to the winner of the Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize For Social Justice!
Talking Books from Simon & Schuster is the captivating story of how Dr. Robert B. Irwin invented the audiobook and revolutionized how stories are shared. #GoddardBookPrizes

And that's it for our #GoddardBookPrizes shortlists! We'll announce the winners at our annual Bash on Oct. 7. Thanks to all the shortlist members for these wonderful books, and to @cbcbooks.bsky.social for partnering with us on the youth book prize!

Before Their Crimes sheds new light on the relationship of childhood trauma and juvenile crime. #GoddardBookPrizes

Congratulations to Before Their Crimes by Dr. Wendy B. Smith for @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social! It's on the shortlist for our Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. #GoddardBookPrizes

A captivating picture book, Talking Books is a biography of determined innovator Dr. Robert B. Irwin, who invented the audiobook and revolutionized the way stories are shared—opening the door for people of all abilities to become readers. #GoddardBookPrizes

Check out our book, plus interviews, op-eds, and the like here: www.somebody-book.com

Winner to be announced at Goddard Riverside's annual Bash on October 7, 6:30 PM at Bryant Park Grill in NYC!

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Published by @mitpress.bsky.social, Somebody Should Do Something paints a new picture of how social change happens, arguing that our most powerful personal choices are those that springboard us into working together with others. #GoddardBookPrizes

Congrats to Somebody Should Do Something by @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social, @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social! It is shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. #GoddardBookPrizes

In A Trip to the Barbership, author and photographer Charles R. Smith, Jr. invites readers to The Barber King, a local barbershop that brings him back to the days when he was a child getting a haircut with his father and grandfather. #GoddardBookPrizes

Applause, please, for A Trip to the Barbershop by Charles R. Smith Jr. for Reycraft Books! It's shortlisted for our Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice. #GoddardBookPrizes

Motherhood Discounted interrogates the idea that independence is always good and dependence is always bad. It asks why the US has such a problem offering social support for care work when mothering is the essential work of reproducing society. #GoddardBookPrizes

Congrats to Motherhood Discounted by Carolyn McConnell for She Writes Press! It's on the shortlist for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. #GoddardBookPrizes

A beautiful book for middle-grade readers, All About Us features profiles of twenty children and adults who live with disabilities. #GoddardBookPrizes

Congrats to All About Us by Hannalora Leavitt and Stef Wong for @orcabook.bsky.social! It's been shortlisted for our Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice. #GoddardBookPrizes

Over the past twenty years, one state after another has shuttered its youth prisons and stopped prosecuting kids as adults. In Our Future We Are Free offers an eye-opening and inspiring look at how this happened. #GoddardBookPrizes

Learn Baby Learn tells the story of Shindana Toy Factory, the first Black toy company in the US—dedicated to producing dolls and games that would build pride and spark the imagination of children who rarely saw themselves in the toys available at the time. #GoddardBookPrizes

Congrats to Learn Baby Learn by Charlotte Watson Sherman, illustrated by Esther Stimphat, for Reycraft Books! It's been named to the shortlist for our Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice. #GoddardBookPrizes