Year: 2014
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J.K. Rowling Appears at Edinburgh International Book Festival
For Rowling, “Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world. It is a real honour for me to introduce her at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.” …
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Texas Pastor Files Complaint Against Supernatural YA Books
The pastor has expressed an opinion that allowing children to have access to these books is dangerous. “Cleveland City Manager Kelly McDonald declined an interview but we have Library Director, …
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How Long Does it Take to Learn to Read?
“All average readers, the subjects wore noninvasive electrode caps that could swiftly pick up electrical activity in the brain. They were shown strings of letters/symbols that fell into four different …
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A Make Way for Ducklings Store Will Open in Boston
“The store takes its name from Robert McCloskey’s Caldecott Award-winning picture book, the official children’s book of the state of Massachusetts…Hirsch has been offered a one-year lease on the 5,000 …
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Random House Children’s Books to Publish the ‘Best Lowly Worm Book Ever!’
“Though not an entirely new experience for him as an artist, Huck found completing Best Lowly Worm Book Ever! an exacting endeavor. ‘Emulating my father’s style, and above all his …
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Pottermore Releases New Content from J. K. Rowling About Singer Celestina Warbeck
LONDON, ENGLAND – J.K. Rowling’s website pottermore.com has posted new writing by the best-selling author about the international wizarding singing sensation Celestina Warbeck. The 500-word entry about Celestina, who is sometimes known …
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12 YA Writers Contribute Stories to Holiday Anthology
The other eleven writers include Holly Black, Ally Carter, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Matt de la Peña, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, and Kiersten White. …
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Lauren Oliver Shares 3 Lessons From Reading ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
“From the protagonist of the story, Meg Wallace, to the friendly “beasts” who nurse her back to health after she is almost consumed by the black thing, to the peculiar …
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Francis Lawrence Talks ‘Mockingjay’ Part 1 And Part 2
Suzanne Collins, the book trilogy’s author, served as an executive producer for all four movies. She and the film team hope to surprise book fans with a few “special” elements. …
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‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘Chinese Handcuffs’ Challenged in Wisconsin
NEW YORK, NY – The Kids’ Right to Read Project (KRRP) of the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and partner organizations has expressed concern over a challenge to The Kite Runner by Khaled …
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Scholastic Kicks Off the 2014 School Year with Expanded Resources to Help Get Kids Preschool-Ready
NEW YORK, NY – Following the release of a new policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP), which prescribes reading aloud to children starting at birth, Scholastic is kicking off the …
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Maureen Johnson Releases ‘Shades of London’ Short Story on Wattpad
New York, NY — Putnam Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, is pleased to announce the release of a new story by New York Timesbestselling author Maureen Johnson. …
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LBYR to Make a Donation to First Book in Honor of Malala Yousafzai’s Memoir
“Malala’s dream is for every girl in every country to have the opportunity for an education. Inspired by her beliefs, Little Brown Books for Young Readers has committed to donating …
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‘Let the Sorting Now Begin’: YA Authors Sort Their Characters at LeakyCon
Of course you have, and here’s your chance to find out–courtesy of the authors themselves! (BuzzFeed)
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Celebrities Respond to The NYPL’s #ireadeverywhere Hashtag
Several celebrities have participated including three members of The Big Bang Theory TV show cast (Jim Parsons, Mayim Bialik, and Melissa Rauch), former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and …
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Random House Children’s Books to Publish New Chapter Book Series Based on Disney’s Smash Hit ‘Frozen’
New York, NY — Random House Children’s Books will launch a new chapter book series featuring Anna and Elsa, from the 2013 blockbuster Disney animated movie Frozen, it was announced today …
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‘Dear Malala, We Stand With You’ Picture Book to Be Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
New York, NY, August 14, 2014—Random House Children’s Books has acquired DEAR MALALA, WE STAND WITH YOU, a picture book to be published on January 6, 2015, it was announced …
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Veronica Roth Doesn’t Mind That ‘Divergent’ Gets Compared to ‘The Hunger Games’
“Given the dystopian trend sweeping YA fiction in the past decade, it’s no surprise that two of the most popular series in the genre have been frequently juxtaposed. The New York …
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L.A. Meyer Has Passed On
“Meyer has said that the inspiration for Jacky Faber was sparked by the creative mind-wandering he did while matting and framing art at the shop, and a particular bit of …
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Dear Book Publishers: Letters from the 5th Grade
The Dear Book Publishers series is a showcase of letters written by 5th graders from Dothan Brook School. These students were tasked with looking at the diversity in their school library’s picture book collection along with the race of children featured on Kindergarten Second Step cards. Reacting to what they had learned, the students wrote letters to book publishers, the Vermont Agency of Education, the school principal, and the district superintendent. During the month of August, CBC Diversity will showcase all of the letters created by the Dothan Brook School’s 5th grade class.
