Hachette Book Group and ACLU Launch Initiatives to Promote Literacy and Civics Education
Hachette Book Group (HBG) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have announced a joint initiative aimed at promoting literacy and civics education among children. This collaboration, unveiled on April 23 to coincide with national Bring Your Child to Work Day and UNESCO’s World Book Day, includes HBG's Raising Readers campaign, which encourages adults to read with children for at least 10 minutes daily to enhance literacy skills. Concurrently, the ACLU has launched Know Your Rights University (KYR-U), an animated series designed to teach elementary students about civics and First Amendment rights. New episodes of KYR-U will be released bi-weekly, accompanied by instructional materials. To support this educational effort, HBG has donated a collection of 200 banned and challenged books to the ACLU, featuring titles such as 'The ABCs of Black History' by Rio Cortez and 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' by Sherman Alexie. 
