A British study found kids read more challenging books during the lockdown. From The Guardian:

‘ ...three in five children said reading made them feel better during lockdown, while 32% said reading has helped them when they felt sad about not being able to see friends or family.’

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/29/children-read-longer-more-challenging-books-in-lockdown?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This is good. Conversations with reporters and artists and architects. Air Weiwei has a provocative, independent mind. It’s a new book, a paperback from Columbia University. It’ll be in stores or they’ll get it for you. $20. It’s worth it. 

In a ‘Library of America’ video Amanda Gorman recites a poem of her own and one by Langston Hughes. And she says how important a place the Los Angeles Public Library was/is to her. She’s wonderfully unstoppable. 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=M87hMyxjIhk&feature=share