Month: July 2013
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Chris Weitz Signs a Young Adult Book Trilogy Deal
“The books centers on teenage survivors who inherit a destroyed and desolate earth, after a cataclysmic event kills off every person not between the ages of 12 and 21. Ill-equipped …
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Study Shows Parents Want Kids to Enjoy Print Books
“When it comes to sharing books or reading with a child, most Americans adults (not just parents) who have read both print and e-books think that print books are the …
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Diversity in the News: June 27th – July 3rd, 2013
Illustration by Tina Kugler to show the lack of diversity in children’s literature in 2012. ON OUR RADAR DC’s Politics …
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This Week on Girls Scouts’ The Studio: Writer Erica S. Perl
“No one can tell your stories like you can, so don’t ever let anyone tell you that you’re too young, or old, or fat, or thin, or tall, or short, …
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Diversity in the News
June 27th – July 3rd, 2013We hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July and to tide you over until the next Diversity in the News post (July 12), we're giving you one mid-week!
Illustration by Tina Kugler to show the lack of diversity
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The National Book Foundation Launches the Up All Night Online Exhibit
“Remember what it was like to be a kid, so immersed in a great book that you stayed up past your bedtime voraciously turning pages? Or perhaps you’re a young …
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The Book Elf to Launch eBook Sharing Venture
“In order to allow legal sharing of copyrighted works, The Book Elf will create a new eBook license that allows authors and publishers who adopt it to make their copyrighted …
