Everybody Reads: Teacher application for classroom participation

Participate in Everybody Reads 2026, the library’s annual community reading project, taking place January through March. This year’s selection is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Lovely One.

Apply for free copies of Lovely One for your Multnomah County high school, thanks to the support of The Library Foundation.

Application deadline and agreements

Deadline: Submit your application by November 17, 2025.
Commitment: By applying, you commit to reading and discussing the book during the program period (January-March 2026).
Who can apply: High school educators, school book groups, high school administrators and community organizations.

Selection process

Schools and organizations with the greatest educational and financial need will receive first consideration for classroom sets.
We will notify you by December 15 if your application is approved.
Recipients will receive a classroom set of Lovely One with a link to a discussion guide and further reading.

Book themes and curriculum tie-ins

Suggested curriculum tie-ins:

Black excellence
Community and community building
The power of representation
Resilience in the face of adversity
Law, legal careers
Justice system: inequities, systemic challenges
Black history and Black futurism
Debate and oratory
Professional and personal work/life balance

Author lecture

Justice Jackson will give an author lecture, presented by Literary Arts, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. Literary Arts makes a number of free tickets available to participating schools. Lecture tickets can be requested.

Your name

Your role at the school

Your email address

Your school's name

Your school's address for delivery

How many books would you like?

Grade level(s) of students

Example: 9th to 12th

Please tell us how your students will engage with the program. Do you have any other thoughts or questions for us?

Does your school administration support your participation in this program?

Yes

In applying for this program, the goals are to have my school meet the following commitments:

Please check all three boxes to apply.

schedule time for reading and discussing the book

encourage students to attend the author event

provide feedback to the library at the end of the project

If you have any questions about Everybody Reads 2026, please contact Matt Stefanik.

To be considered, this form must be submitted no later than November 17, 2025.

See the latest information and learn more about the book at Everybody Reads.

Everybody Reads, a community reading project of Multnomah County Library, is made possible by gifts to The Library Foundation with the author's appearance made possible by Literary Arts.