PBS KIDS Field Trips

�� Join PBS Books and the Library of Congress as we hit the road on American Stories: A Reading Road Trip. Our next stop…the Buckeye State! This episode shines a spotlight on Ohio’s powerful role in shaping American literature—from Pulitzer Prize–winning poets like Mary Oliver (Devotions), Paul Laurence Dunbar (Sympathy), and Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye) to the young Cleveland creators who gave the world Superman and changed comics forever. We also revisit barrier-breaking voices such as Virgi

“If we want people to grow up with empathy, if we want people to grow up understanding that the world is bigger than the world they're shown, then libraries are the absolute key.” — Richard Osman on the importance of libraries As readers and lifelong learners, we know libraries are essential community pillars. Across two seasons of PBS Books Readers Club, many of our featured authors have shared how libraries shaped their literary journeys. And in our series American Stories: A Reading Road Trip

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