Guest Post: Varsha Bajaj Makes Real Connections in a Virtual World

By Varsha Bajaj

Count Me In (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2019) is an uplifting story of a community rallying to support its own. It is a story that celebrates finding your voice.

In 2020, it was a finalist for the Global Read Aloud program which helped librarians and teachers find it. The support of these invaluable literacy ambassadors has been a gift.

Count Me In was read by hundreds of classes by teachers committed to education and social justice across America and even in Japan and Korea and Indi...