Month: December 2016
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Libraries Retain More Than $1.3 Billion in Federal Funding in Massive Spending Bill Passed By Congress
Washington, D.C. — Libraries retained over a billion dollars in federal funding for library-related programs in a stopgap funding package passed by Congress on December 9 to avoid a midnight shutdown …
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Jimmy Fallon and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group to Donate $1,000,000 of Books to First Book This Holiday Season for Kids in Need
NEW YORK, NY — Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, together with Jimmy Fallon, will make a donation of $1,000,000 worth of new books to First Book, including Fallon’s #1 New York Times …
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The New York Public Library Transforms Vacant Former Custodial Apartment At Washington Heights Branch Into A Teen and Adult Education Center
NEW YORK, NY — The New York Public Library today celebrated the completion of a $4.4 million renovation project that transformed the former custodial apartment at its Washington Heights branch into …
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Kids’ Book Trends in 2017: Scholastic Reading Club Editors Predict Next Year’s “Must Reads”
NEW YORK, NY — Scholastic, (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, released a list of the top trends in children’s books to expect in 2017. Curated …
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Amazon Announces Best-Selling Books of 2016
SEATTLE, WA — Amazon today announced its best-selling books of 2016, best-selling Kids & Teens books of 2016, as well as the Most Gifted and Most Wished For books of the …
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In Partnership with First Book, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Announces a Toy and Book Relief Effort for North Carolina Flood Victims
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marine Toys for Tots Program, with support from Hasbro, First Book, The Walt Disney Company, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team, …
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Holidays in Kid Lit
Author Ken Calhoun (Black Moon) wishes he could celebrate with Stuart and the Little family, while Leesa Cross-Smith (Every Kiss a War) and Jordan Rosenfeld (Women in Red) dream of Christmas …
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2017 Teens’ Top Ten Book Groups Announced
CHICAGO, IL — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected 20 public and school libraries from across the country to serve as official book groups for YALSA’s Teens’ …
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Candlewick Press Acquires New YA Novel From National Book Award-Winning Author M. T. Anderson
SOMERVILLE, MA — Candlewick Press announced today that it will publish a sharply wrought new satiric novel by M. T. Anderson, the gifted National Book Award–winning author of a wide …
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Debut on the Indie Bestsellers List
Children’s Illustrated: Take Heart, My Child: A Mother’s Dream by Ainsley Earhardt and Kathryn Cristaldi (Aladdin)
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Children’s Book Editors on Working with their Heroes
From Candlewick president and publisher Karen Lot to Scholastic Press assistant Kait Feldmann, even professional editors are apt to become starstruck when working with legendary authors such as Judy Blume, Norton Juster, and …
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2017 Morris Award Finalists Announced
CHICAGO, IL — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2017 William C. Morris Award, …
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Expanding Library Outreach Services
Vieau and other librarians offer services that focus on the community as a resource and bring together a diverse spectrum of artists, educators, and activists. As these populations are often …
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The Kids of America Have Made Their Voices Heard! Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat Presidential Campaign Concludes!
NEW YORK, NY — Earlier this year, Dr. Seuss’s beloved character the Cat in the Hat declared his candidacy for president of the United States (CatInHat4Prez.com, #CatInHat4Prez, @catinhat4prez), and the …
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National Ambassador Gene Luen Yang to Deliver Keynote at the 2017 One Book Two Book Festival
Yang is the Printz Award winning author of American Born Chinese. A former computer science teacher, he has taught writing in Hamline University’s MFA program since 2012. Yang is a graphic novelist and …
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Engineering and Kid Lit
The program, Novel Engineering, provides a unique way to get students excited about both reading and problem solving. Over 700 educators have been trained in the program, where elementary and middle …
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New York Public Library and Macmillan to Launch a Publishing Partnership
New York, NY ― The New York Public Library and Macmillan Publishers have announced a new agreement to create and publish a wide variety of print and e-books for adults and …
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The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Announces the 2016 Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Award Winners
December 15, 2016 — The SCBWI is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Award. Congratulations to Jan Peck, author of The Green Mother Goose (Sterling, …
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Scholastic Reports Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Results
New York – December 15, 2016 – Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today reported financial results for the Company’s fiscal 2017 second quarter …
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First Book’s Citizen Power Project
The challenge, funded by the Aspen Institute’s Pluribus Project, selected 15 proposals from over 900 received. The 15 classroom projects, from elementary, middle, and high school educators, address a wide …
