Month: August 2018
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3 Questions with Anna Kang
What age is too old to become an author? It’s never too old! My first book, You Are (Not) Small, was published when I was 44 years old. By that …
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3 Questions with Jennifer Hansen Rolli
How did you get paired with Erin Russell(co-author of the Dork Diaries) to illustrate her picture book, How to Trick the Tooth Fairy? With only one picture book out in …
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Jason Reynolds and Independent Bookstores to Distribute 20,000 Books to Children in Underserved Communities This Holiday Season
In support of Reynolds’s second year as Indies First spokesperson, the American Booksellers Association, Simon & Schuster, and American Express announce “Indie Bookstores Give Back on Small Business Saturday” campaign FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New …
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2018 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge Update
Minute Mania Month Launches! Students Log Reading Minutes from the Entire Summer 44 State Leaders Encourage Summer Learning as Reading Ambassadors NEW YORK – According to research from the Scholastic …
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3 Questions with Christina Wald
What does an illustrator add to the story? The illustrator is selected by the publisher to bring their artistic vision to a manuscript. The manuscript is like a movie and …
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Announcing the New National Ambassador Reading = HOPE x CHANGE Activity Kit
As part of Jacqueline Woodson’s tenure as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, we have created a fun and jam-packed activity kit for teachers, librarians, booksellers, and parents to …
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3 Questions with Katy Beebe
What was your first day of school like? It’s hard for me to remember my first day of school, actually, because my mom (who was the inspiration for Nile Crossing) …
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ALSC now accepting applications for 2019 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2019 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Awards. …
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CBC Graphic Novel Committee panels at SDCC 2018
For the 3rd year, the Children’s Book Council Graphic Novel Committee collaborated with Comic-Con International and San Diego Public Library for the Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians. Held at the …
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3 Questions with Erin Danielle Russell
What are your memories of the Tooth Fairy? As a kid, I was the biggest Tooth Fairy fan girl. When I was around seven, I lost a tooth and wrote …
