Industry News
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American Library Association Announces 2017 Youth Media Award Winners
ATLANTA, Jan. 23, 2017 — The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery …
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Four Debuts on the NYT Children’s Best Sellers Lists
The following books made the list: Young Adult Hardcover: Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken (Hyperion) The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) Young Adult Paperback: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (Disney-Hyperion) …
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Hartman and Huff Awarded YALSA’s 2017 National Library Legislative Day Travel Stipend
CHICAGO, IL — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has awarded Angela Hartman and Sara Huff its 2017 National Library Legislative …
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New Intellectual Freedom Bloggers For 2017
The Intellectual Freedom Blog has a new lineup of contributors for 2017. Founded in 2007, the blog has a history of top-notch, quality writers, and the Office for Intellectual Freedom …
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Three Debuts on the Indie Bestseller List
The following books made the list: Children’s Illustrated Moana (Little Golden Book) by Andrea Posner-Sanchez, illustrated by Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay (Random House Disney) Early & Middle Grade Readers Hidden Figures (Young Readers’ Edition) …
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Barnes & Noble Launches Seventh Annual “My Favorite Teacher Contest”
NEW YORK, NY — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the start …
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New Workshop: Creating Inclusive Storytimes For All Children
CHICAGO, IL — ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, Creating Inclusive Storytimes for ALL Children with Carol Morrone. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 2:30pm Eastern/1:30 …
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The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Announces the Spark Award Winners
The SPARK award recognizes excellence in an independently-published children’s book in the previous calendar year. The SCBWI is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Spark Award, an annual …
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Debut on the NYT Children’s Best Sellers Lists
Middle Grade Hardcover: Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
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Celebrate Multicultural Children’s Books on January 27
4th Annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day Kicks-off With Free Diversity Book Giveaways on Twitter @MCChildsBookDay with #readyourworld January 12, 2017 — The brainchild of two wonderfully diverse women, bloggers and …
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Library of Congress Launches New Software to Simplify Download of Braille and Audio Reading Material
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), part of the Library of Congress, today released BARD Express, a Windows-based software program that will aid in the …
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ALA Nepal Library Relief Fund Donates $2,500 to a Community Library in the Himalayas
CHICAGO, IL — The American Library Association (ALA) has donated $2,500 from its Nepal Library Relief Fund to the READ Global (Rural Education and Development) Center in Tukche village in …
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First Book and the Guru Krupa Foundation Provided More Than 20,000 Books to Kids in Need in 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. — First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise, distributed 21,338 books and educational resources to kids in need this year in collaboration with the Guru Krupa Foundation, a private foundation that …
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Applications Sought For 2017 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants
CHICAGO, IL — Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants. …
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Three Debuts on the Indie Bestsellers List
The following books made the list: Children’s Illustrated A Greyhound, a Groundhog by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Chris Appelhans (Schwartz & Wade) Early & Middle Grade Readers Word of Mouse by James Patterson, …
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Disney and ABC Invite Families to Read Together During Fifth Annual “Magic of Storytelling” Campaign and Second Annual Disney Reads Day
GLENDALE, CA — Today, Disney and ABC announced it will donate up to one million books to First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books to educators and organizations serving children …
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CBC Announces Winners of Publishing Staff Scholarships for ABA Institutes
New York, NY – Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – Natalia Remis, an assistant editor at Scholastic, is the 2017 CBC Diversity Scholarship Winner and will be attending the Winter Institute …
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Thousands to View ALA Youth Media Awards Results Live
CHICAGO, IL — The American Library Association (ALA) will reveal the next classics in children’s and young adult literature and media during its Youth Media Awards at 8 a.m. ET, Jan. 23, …
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Remembering Author Marilyn Sachs
Despite objections from her father, Sachs attended college and later accepted a job as a children’s librarian trainee at the Brooklyn Public Library, where she worked for a decade while earning her …
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Bank Street School for Children Will Host Its Third Annual Dorothy Carter Writer-in-Residence
Best-selling author Kat Yeh to work with 4th grade students in April 2017 New York, NY, January 4, 2017 — This spring, renowned children’s book author Kat Yeh will work …
