Meg Medina is an award-winning author of books for kids and young adults, and she was the 2023-2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. We talked to her about what it meant to be the first Latinx author in that role, about the need for more diverse kids books, and the importance of reading in families.You can read a <a href='https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts'>transcript</a> of this episode on our website.<ul><li>Check out our <a href='https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/?booklist=740781'>booklist</a> with books by Meg Medina and more!</li><li>Learn more about the <a href='https://www.diversebooks.org/'>We Need Diverse Books</a> movement. </li><li>Read about the <a href='https://everychildareader.net/ambassador/about/'>National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature</a> at the Library of Congress.</li></ul>

Meg Medina is an award-winning author of books for kids and young adults, and she was the 2023-2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. We talked to her about what it meant to be the first Latinx author in that role, about the need for more diverse kids books, and the importance of reading in families. You can read a transcript of this episode on our website.Check out our booklist with books by Meg Medina and more!Learn more about the We Need Diverse Books movement. Read about the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature at the Library of Congress.

Meg Medina is an award-winning author of books for kids and young adults, and she was the 2023-2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. We talked to her about what it meant to be the first Latinx author in that role, about the need for more diverse kids books, and the importance of reading in families.You can read a <a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer">transcript</a> of this episode on our website.<ul><li>Check out our <a href="https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/?booklist=740781" rel="noopener noreferrer">booklist</a> with books by Meg Medina and more!</li><li>Learn more about the <a href="https://www.diversebooks.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">We Need Diverse Books</a> movement.&nbsp;</li><li>Read about the <a href="https://everychildareader.net/ambassador/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature</a> at the Library of Congress.</li></ul>

Meg Medina on Latine Stories and Reading as a Family

Brooklyn Public Library is full of stories. Borrowed brings the best of them to you. Current podcast series: Launching July 8, 2025, Borrowed &amp; Returned is a new podcast series that examines what our reading public borrowed in the past, and what we’re all reading now. In conversations with library workers, authors and readers across the country, we’ll return to the books that changed us, and changed America, too.&nbsp; Previous podcast series:&nbsp;Borrowed and Banned is our limited series about America's ideological war with its bookshelves. From September to December 2023, we released ten episodes featuring the stories of students on the frontlines, librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and writers whose books have become political battleground. &nbsp; Borrowed, BPL's flagship podcast, is a narrative series about superhero librarians, neighborhood stories and what it means to be a free, democratic place in today’s changing world. We tell stories about libraries during natural disasters, the challenges of homelessness, and NYC’s fraught relationship with trash. For transcripts, pictures, book lists, and resources, please visit our web page: bklynlib.org/podcasts&nbsp;

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Brooklyn Public Library is full of stories. Borrowed brings the best of them to you. Current podcast series: Launching July 8, 2025, Borrowed & Returned is a new podcast series that examines what our reading public borrowed in the past, and what we’re all reading now. In conversations with library workers, authors and readers across the country, we’ll return to the books that changed us, and changed America, too.  Previous podcast series:   Borrowed and Banned is our limited series about America's ideological war with its bookshelves. From September to December 2023, we released ten episodes featuring the stories of students on the frontlines, librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and writers whose books have become political battleground.   Borrowed, BPL's flagship podcast, is a narrative series about superhero librarians, neighborhood stories and what it means to be a free, democratic place in today’s changing world. We tell stories about libraries during natural disasters, the challenges of homelessness, and NYC’s fraught relationship with trash. For transcripts, pictures, book lists, and resources, please visit our web page: bklynlib.org/podcasts 

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