Diversity in the News: January 2016
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January Highlights:
- Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang takes up the mantle of National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature to spread the joy of “Reading Without Walls.“
- Author Matt de la Peña (Last Stop on Market Street) is the first Latino to receive the Newbery award.
- Brooks Sherman (The Bent Agency) shares his insight as a diversity ally.
