Get Caught Reading, a year-round campaign to promote the fun of reading books by young people, is very pleased to announce the simultaneous release of 10 posters of authors, teachers, journalists, and activists.

Managed by Every Child a Reader, an award-winning literacy charity, Get Caught Reading provides teachers, librarians, booksellers, and reading advocates with free bulletin-board-sized posters of inspiring people reading a favorite book.

Along with our 9 posters earlier this year, we hope you similarly enjoy these 10 new posters!

• Chiwoniso Kaitano is a champion of readers and writers everywhere. As executive director of MacDowell, she oversees the nation’s oldest arts residency, which annually welcomes 300 groundbreaking artists from around the world and of every discipline to its bucolic campus in New Hampshire. Before MacDowell, Chiwoniso led Girl Be Heard as well as Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, and is on the boards of New York’s International Contemporary Ensemble, The Center for Fiction, and the Jazz Leaders Fellowship of Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

• Dashka Slater is an award-winning journalist and the author of fifteen books for children and adults. Her bestselling true crime narrative, The 57 Bus, won the Stonewall Book Award, was chosen for 20 Best Books of the Year lists, and in 2021 was named to TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. She teaches in Hamline University’s MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults program and lives in Oakland, California.

• Dr. Diana Farid is a physician and an associate professor of Medicine at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, where she cares for university students and teaches about the power of story and art in health. She is also a poet, filmmaker, and an award-winning author of books for young people of all ages, including the NCTE Notable Poetry Book, When You Breathe, and the Cybils Award Winner for Novels in Verse, Wave. Her next books, The Light of Home and Already All the Love, will be released in the fall of 2024.

• Dom&Ink aka Dominic Evans (they/them) is an illustrator based in York via Narnia. Growing up with a love of Buffy, short shorts, and Starlight Express, Dom struggled to fit in at school, in life, and with themself. Dom found their voice by illustrating for large brands, stores, clients, and agencies. Dom currently lives in York, England and spends their time immersed in a graphic novel or an amazing book and then creating illustrations that they hope will make your day cuter.

• Joanne Telcide-Bryant is a first-generation Haitian American award-winning author and educator who strives to teach growth-mindset themes by encouraging young readers to think critically through Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) skills. She is a bilingual English and Haitian Creole speaker, promoting cultural sensitivity and providing optimal awareness of cultural diversity through her writing.

• John Urschel is an assistant professor in the MIT Math department whose research is focused on matrix and numerical analysis. He played college football at Penn State, where he won the Campbell Trophy, known as the “academic Heisman,” and was drafted in the 5th round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens, where he played guard for four years. A full list of his papers and awards can be found at: math.mit.edu/~urschel

• Natalie Obando is a DEI activist and the founder of Women of Color Writers Podcast. She is the 2020-2024 national president of the 107-year-old non-profit, the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA), overseeing all chapters across the nation. Natalie is the founder of Do Good Public Relations, as well as a published author, speaker, and book award judge.

• Rasha Hamid is an educator and author in NYC who works to make the world more just, joyful, equitable, and sustainable through collaboration with students and teachers. She began creating picture books with her classes to fill the need for books reflecting her students, their experiences, and their passions. She’s the author of Kadisa كديسة, How to Bird, and Hello, Beech Tree! (This is THE beech tree in her book!)

• Rene Alegria is the CEO of MundoNow, one of the largest independently owned Latino digital media platforms in the US. Responsible for over 30 Emmy Awards, he is asked to speak on the diversification of media and technology throughout the country. Born and raised in Tucson, AZ, and a life-long book lover, Alegria launched Rayo in 2000, the first Latino book imprint from a major publishing house. During his time there, Alegria helped shepherd hundreds of Latino authors into print.

• Samantha San Miguel is a middle-grade novelist who grew up in Florida, sandwiched between ocean and estuary, giving her a respect for wildlife, especially the kind that can eat you. She’s spent hours scanning for sea monsters, but the only ones she’s spotted so far have been in her imagination. Samantha dreams of one day seeing the landscapes from her abuelito’s stories of Cuba. When not reading and writing, you can find Sam dancing, running triathlons, or hanging out with her family.

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Over two hundred 8 ½” x 11” posters are available free to teachers, librarians, booksellers, and parents. The program was relaunched in 2018 thanks to a grant from KPMG and a poster featuring Olympic gold medal gymnast Laurie Hernandez. In 2019 and 2020, posters featuring bestselling authors Kate DiCamillo, Raj Halder, and Raakhee Mirchandani, plus the animated character Phoebe and her Unicorn were made available. Backlist posters include Alicia Keys, Neil Gaiman, Alex Morgan, Horton (Horton Hears a Who!), and Olivia (Olivia book series).

Up to 10 different posters can be ordered on the order form at www.GetCaughtReading.org.

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About Get Caught Reading
A nationwide, year-round campaign to promote the fun of reading books for all ages. Launched in 1999 by the Association of American Publishers and now managed by Every Child a Reader. Get Caught Reading provides teachers and librarians with bulletin board-sized posters of authors, athletes, media stars, and beloved book characters caught reading a favorite!