Month: July 2015
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Scholastic Corporation Announces Date For Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year 2015 Earnings Release And Teleconference
New York, NY — Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHL) announced the following schedule and teleconference information for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 earnings release: Earnings Release: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at …
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Pop-Up Library and Media Center Opens For Summer in Bronx Park
BRONX, NY – Today, the Libraries Without Borders (LWB), DreamYard, New York Public Library, and the Alexander Soros Foundation opened the Ideas Box to be used in Hayden Lord Park …
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Scholastic to Publish Full-Color Graphic Novel Series from Actor Greg Grunberg and Award-Winning Cartoonist Lucas Turnbloom
SAN DIEGO, CA — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, will publish Dream Jumper: Nightmare Escape on June 28, 2016, the first book in a full-color graphic …
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Biloxi Educators Create An 'Avenue of Literature'
The teachers are hoping that by surrounding their students with books of all genres—including classics like Gulliver’s Travels and Moby Dick, and newer titles, like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar …
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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Announces A Renaissance Man: The Art of Fred Marcellino
Amherst, MA — The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art proudly announces its forthcoming exhibition of award-winning art and illustrations by Fred Marcellino. A Renaissance Man: The Art of …
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Dan Santat on Inspiration
In his video, Santat recalls meeting David Shannon who won a Caldecott Honor in 1999 for the book No, David!. During that meeting Shannon gave Santat some remarkable advice: “you …
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Harry Potter Book Night Scheduled for February 2016
For the first Harry Potter Book Night in February 2015, there were an amazing 10,500 parties and celebrations held all over the world, and we were overwhelmed by your fabulous …
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Nick Hornby Prescribes Reverse Psychology to Push Young Boys to Read
I have boys, and boys are particularly resistant to reading books. I had some success recently with Sherman Alexie’s great young adult novel The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time …
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2015 Eisner Award Winners Announced
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7): The Zoo Box by Ariel Cohn & Aron Nels Steinke (First Second) Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12): El Deafo by …
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International Thriller Writers Name 'Nearly Found' as the 2015 Best Young Adult Novel
The winning title, Nearly Found, is a sequel to Cosimano’s 2014 work, Nearly Gone. Kathy Dawson Books, a Penguin Young Readers imprint, published Nearly Found in June 2015. (ThrillerWriters.org)
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Rainbow Boxes to Deliver LGBTQIA Children's Books to Libraries and Shelters Nationwide
McCarthy and Capetta have put much thought into creating Rainbow Boxes with titles that represent diverse sexualities, gender identities, and racial and ethnic backgrounds, in a wide range of genres. …
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New Survey Shows 97% of Educators Use Some Form of Digital Content, but Frequency Lags
BOSTON, MA — Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced today the launch of the HMH Educator Confidence Report, a new annual report that surveys over 1,000 teachers and school and …
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The Thirty Million Words Initiative
Suskind first became aware of the obstacles to language development after performing surgery to restore hearing in deaf children. Children from low-income families spoke significantly less than those of wealthier …
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Laini Taylor Fans Unlock a New Chapter of Writing
The readers composed posts with some of their favorite quotes from Taylor’s series along with the #UnlockLainiTaylor hashtag. Fans were not only treated to new content, but notes straight from …
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Malala Yousafzai Launches #BooksNotBullets Campaign
Followers are invited to post a photo of themselves with one of their favorite books, and a statement on why they support “books not bullets.” (GalleyCat)
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The New York Historical Society Announces 2015 Children's History Book Prize Recipient: Helen Frost For Salt
NEW YORK, NY — Dr. Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of the New-York Historical Society, announced today that author Helen Frost will receive New-York Historical’s 2015 Children’s History Book Prize …
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Josephine Angelini Has Written a New Worldwalker Novella
The publication of this project was timed to come out prior to the second installment of this young adult trilogy. The Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group will release book two, entitled …
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Summer Reading and Literacy Apps
Highlights from the list include: The Monkey Word School Adventure (ages 3 & up), which teaches young children fundamental literacy skills through mini-games and adventures. PlayTales (4-12), a free collection …
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Neil Gaiman to Write a Sequel for 'Odd and the Frost Giants'
The story for this book features vikings and characters from Norse mythology. It has been confirmed that Chris Riddell, who has created illustrations for several Neil Gaiman children’s books, will …
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Patrick McDonnell And Naoko Stoop to Collaborate on a Picture Book Project
Megan Tingley, a publisher at Little, Brown Books For Young Readers, managed the acquisitions process. Tingley negotiated the terms of the agreement with Henry Dunow, a literary agent at Carlson …
