Year: 2016
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SCBWI Announces On-The-Verge Emerging Voices Award Winners
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is pleased to announce the 2015 On-The-Verge Emerging Voices Award winners. The annual award, established by SCBWI and funded by Martin and …
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African-American Experience Children’s Book List
An outgrowth of her work at the NYPL, the book list spans picture books to middle grade, fiction and nonfiction published between 2011 and 2016. Highlights include: Knock Knock: My …
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Candlewick Press Announces Title and Publication Date for 5th Installment in the Bestselling Timmy Failure Book Series
SOMERVILLE, MA – February 3, 2016 – The title character in Stephan Pastis’ hugely popular middle grade series will continue his push for detective agency domination this year. Candlewick Press …
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How Libraries Support Teen Parents
Literacy programs that center on storytelling, bookmaking, singing, and parent-child conversation are just a few ways that libraries are connecting with teens and their children. We need to help [teen parents] …
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Never-Before-Published Details About Wizarding Schools Revealed in New Content by J.K. Rowling Available On Pottermore
Orlando, FL – New information about several wizarding schools, including the name and location of the North American school, were revealed in the latest writing by J.K. Rowling, available on …
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Happy 10th Anniversary, First Second!
To commemorate this milestone, First Second is sharing recommended reading lists with favorite titles — including works by National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Gene Luen Yang. Whether you’re a …
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#DrawingDiversity: ‘Happy in Our Skin’ illustrated by Lauren Tobia
Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin, illustrated by Lauren Tobia (Candlewick Press, August 2015). All rights reserved.
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Macmillan’s Flatiron Books Expands into YA
Founded as a nonfiction imprint in 2013, Flatiron will expand into the world of young adult fiction. Inaugural titles include Meredith Russo’s If I Was Your Girl and Alison Umminger’s American Girls — both YA debuts. Our …
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Jazz Jennings, Teen and Transgender Advocate, to Publish Memoir With Crown Books For Young Readers in June 2016
New York, NY — Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, has acquired BEING JAZZ: MY LIFE AS A (TRANSGENDER) TEEN by 15-year-old Jazz Jennings, …
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Kate DiCamillo’s Upcoming Novel Selected for ‘One Book, One South’
As part of the program, SIBA member bookstores will hold events throughout April 2016, culminating in a May 6 Facebook event in honor of Children’s Book Week. The thing that is …
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Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger Makes Its Humble Debut
A long time ago, origami was mainly in the shape of swans or flowers, but then Tom Angleberger came along with Origami Yoda, teaching the wise ways of taking paper …
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National Ambassador Gene Luen Yang on Inclusive Reading
Yang believes that the key to creating a more diverse and inclusive society lies in “Reading Without Walls.” A piece of the solution is empathy. I think encouraging people to …
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Statement From Scholastic On Claim of Self-Censorship By Advocacy Groups
New York, NY – PEN and the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) issued a statement on Friday, January 22, 2016, questioning Scholastic for withdrawing the book, A Birthday Cake for …
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Debra Samdperil Named Assistant Executive Director of Programs, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
NEW YORK – January 21, 2015 – The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a 501(c)(3) national nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary …
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#DrawingDiversity: ‘Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton’ by Don Tate
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate (Peachtree, September 2015). All rights reserved. @peachtreepublishers
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Scholastic’s Self-Censorship: A Birthday Cake for George Washington
NEW YORK, NY — The National Coalition Against Censorship and the PEN American Center released a statement criticizing the decision by Scholastic to pull the book A Birthday Cake for George Washington …
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#1000blackgirlbooks Campaign
Donations and books will benefit the Retreat Primary and Junior School and Library in the parish of St. Mary, Jamaica. Sick of finding books about white boys and dogs at her school …
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Candlewick Press marks 25 years of business in US with largest book donation in its history
Partnership with First Book to bring 275,000 books, beloved authors to underserved populations SOMERVILLE, MA – January 26, 2016 – Candlewick Press today announced plans to mark the 25th anniversary of …
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Quentin Blake to Illustrate Rediscovered Beatrix Potter Tale
New York, NY – In September 2016, Frederick Warne & Co., Beatrix Potter’s original publisher and an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, will publish a brand-new tale by one of …
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J.K. Rowling Receives 2016 PEN Award
Rowling with be presented with the award at PEN America’s annual gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on May 16, 2016. Rowling is being honored …
