Meg Medina on Latine Stories and Reading as a Family

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.

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Meg Medina on Latine Stories and Reading as a Family is an episode from Borrowed by Brooklyn Public Library.

This episode is 17:07 long.

This episode was published on Aug 26, 2025.

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