Every year, the Build Your Stack® Committee holds virtual events that help teachers build their classroom and personal libraries. The events provide themed booklists from educators and authors, author talks, and information that can help to build thoughtful, diverse, and engaging libraries for students to access and to inspire educators’ own reading!
Previous event videos and booklists are listed below. Upcoming events will be advertised here on a rotating basis.
Upcoming Build Your Stack® Virtual Events:
Check back in 2025 for updated information.
Contact buildyourstack@ncte.org with any questions.
Previous Build Your Stack® Virtual Events:
(Click on the dates below to watch videos and access book lists* from some of our previous events.)
Build Your Stack® 101 September 30, 2024
Build Your Stack®: Best Books of the 2023–2024 School Year June 6, 2024
Build Your Stack®: Border Stories April 15, 2024
Build Your Stack® Time to Laugh March 4, 2024
Build Your Stack® with Middle Grade Texts October 18, 2023
Build Your Stack®: The Best Books of the 2022–2023 School Year June 13, 2023
Build Your Stack®: Poetic Possibilities April 27, 2023
NCTE members and presenters Kefah Ayesh and Darius Phelps wrote blog posts that tie into this event’s theme, and we encourage you to read them using the links provided.
Build Your Stack® with Nonfiction Texts February 27, 2023
Build Your Stack® Best Books of the 2021–2022 School Year June 15, 2022
Author Meg Grehan also wrote a blog post specifically for this event that we encourage you to read.
Build Your Stack® A Rainbow of Pride Books April 25, 2022
Build Your Stack® with the Best Books of the 2020–2021 School Year June 15, 2021
Build Your Stack® with Award-Winning Authors May 3, 2021
Build Your Stack® with Multilingual Texts April 15, 2021
Elementary and Middle Grade Focus June 30, 2020
Majmudar’s book, The Torchbearers, is currently available here. (You may also contact her directly for more information about how to purchase copies at ami.majmudar@gmail.com.)
Secondary Focus August 10, 2020
*NCTE and local bookstores receive a small commission when you purchase through these links.