Industry News
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Jason Reynolds and Independent Bookstores to Distribute 20,000 Books to Children in Underserved Communities This Holiday Season
In support of Reynolds’s second year as Indies First spokesperson, the American Booksellers Association, Simon & Schuster, and American Express announce “Indie Bookstores Give Back on Small Business Saturday” campaign FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New …
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2018 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge Update
Minute Mania Month Launches! Students Log Reading Minutes from the Entire Summer 44 State Leaders Encourage Summer Learning as Reading Ambassadors NEW YORK – According to research from the Scholastic …
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Announcing the New National Ambassador Reading = HOPE x CHANGE Activity Kit
As part of Jacqueline Woodson’s tenure as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, we have created a fun and jam-packed activity kit for teachers, librarians, booksellers, and parents to …
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ALSC now accepting applications for 2019 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award
CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2019 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Awards. …
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Announcing the New Action Book Club Theme ‘Come Together’
Little Free Library has announced their new Action Book Club theme: COME TOGETHER, which celebrates the power of unity, equity, and understanding in a divided world. They have also put together …
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Nominations open till August 31 for CBC Diversity Outstanding Achievement Awards
The CBC Diversity Committee has announced the launch of the CBC Diversity Outstanding Achievement Awards program. These awards will be given annually, beginning in fall 2018, to professionals in the children’s …
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Inaugural Graphic Literature Awards Presented
The inaugural Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards were presented on Saturday during Denver Comic Con, which is sponsored by Pop Culture Classroom, a nonprofit that aims to promote learning and literacy, …
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Excellent Author Lineup at the 2018 Shenandoah University Children’s Literature Conference
Registration is still open for Shenandoah University’s 33rd Annual Children’s Literature Conference, June 25-29! This year’s theme is We Are What We Read: Fueled by Books, Connected by Stories, Empowered …
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Winners of the 11th Annual 2018 Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards Announced
New York, NY – May 30, 2018 – Every Child a Reader, a nonprofit charity dedicated to inspiring a love of reading in children and teens, is proud to announce …
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CBC Recap: Bronx Book Festival
By Shifa Kapadwala On Saturday, May 19, the first ever Bronx Book Festival took place at Fordham Plaza in Bronx, NY. This wonderful literacy initiative was founded by Bronx native …
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2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winners Photo during Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Fesitval
The 2018 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award winner Derrick Barnes (Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut) and New Illustrator Award winner Evan Turk (Muddy: The Story of Blues …
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Are You Ready for a Magical Summer of Reading? The 2018 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge Is Officially Open!
Students Can Now Begin to Log Their Reading Minutes, Earn Digital Prizes, and Access Free Resources Including Author Videos, Downloadable Activities, and More! Two Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip RVs …
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Over 50 Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators To Feature in Children’s Book Week Spotlight Events
Download a full list of Spotlight events here!Download the US map of events here!Download the Northeast map of events here!Download the Pacific Northwest map of events here! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE …
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Winners of 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition Announced By Ezra Jack Keats Foundation and New York City Department of Education
City Winners Recieve $500 Cash Prize; Winning Books and Honorable Mentions on Special Exhibit May 1-20 at Brooklyn Public Library Awards also Given for Student-made Books in San Francisco, Atlanta …
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Reading Aloud to Young Children Has Benefits for Behavior and Attention
(Excerpted from The New York Times, April 16, 2018) “It’s a truism in child development that the very young learn through relationships and back-and-forth interactions, including the interactions that occur …
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Tracy K. Smith and Jacqueline Woodson Talk Reading, Race and Spreading the Gospel of Literature
In 2018, the writer and poet Jacqueline Woodson was appointed National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The author Tracy K. Smith is in the second of her two years as the poet …
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Growing Good Kids Book Awards – Call for Nominations
The 2018 Growing Good Kids Book Awards Committee is currently accepting nominations for books published in 2017. Award winners are selected from children’s picture books that are plant, gardening and …
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New Exhibition at the Eric Carle Muesuem of Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Presents The Art of Eric Carle: Seasons April 3, 2018 – August 26, 2018 Amherst, MA (March 15, 2018) — In 1970, …
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Bank Street College of Education Honors Three Top Children’s Books
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Cynthia Weill, Ed.D.Director, Center for Children’s LiteratureBank Street College of Education212-875-4652cweill@bankstreet.eduNew York, NY— March 20, 2018—The Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College …
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Gowana Middle School takes on the Reading Without Walls Challenge
Michelle Horstmyer, the school librarian, collaborated with the ELA 7 and Art 7 classes to read a book that met the Reading Without Walls Challenge criteria. Then students did a writing …
