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The Central Arkansas Library System Dedicates Children’s Library to Hillary Rodham Clinton
The former Secretary of State appeared at the dedication ceremony and read Eric Carle’s beloved picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Her husband, President Bill Clinton, also attended this event. …
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Macy’s Be Book Smart Campaign Gives 10 Millionth Book
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ten-Year Partnership Has Raised Nearly $30 Million for Reading Is Fundamental and Kids in Need. WASHINGTON – (July 25, 2013) Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Macy’s Be …
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This Week on Girls Scouts’ The Studio: Michelle Nelson-Schmidt
“I write and illustrate books for kids. Wow! This is my life! I travel to schools all over the United States reading them my books, talking about my journey, and …
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Guten Tag! My trip with the German Book Office.
Riky Stock holding a
very special German cheese.Back in April, Riky Stock, director of the German Book Office in New York reached out to me with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—to join a group of children’s book editors on a trip to Frankfurt and Hamburg to meet with German publishers and agents. The German Book Office hosts this annual trip for editors to experience the wonders of beer, brats, and books in hopes of building a bridge between our two countries, for both American books that could succeed in Germany and vice versa.Read more »
My fellow editors for this year’s trip included Stacey Barney from Putnam/Penguin (and one of the founders of CBC Diversity!), Sheila Barry from Groundwood Books in Canada, Grace Maccarone from Holiday House, Ben Rosenthal from Enslow, and Reka Simonsen from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Our group had a great vibe, and by the end of the trip, we had our fair share of inside jokes and insightful discussion about books and, in particular, why foreign translations are so difficult for the North American market. -
Beth Revis Contributes a Recipe for a Cookbook
“The recipes in this cookbook cover everything from snacks to main courses, and they show a wide variety of skills, ingredients, and more. My recipe is what I call ‘healthy …
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The Aftermath of Maureen Johnson’s Coverflip Challenge
“Coverflip’s ultimate goal is to show that books have no gender. Let’s stop pre-determining what’s for boys and what’s for girls. And it aims to do this by playing around …
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e.E. Charlton-Trujillo Embarks on the At-Risk Book Tour
Candlewick Press released the book in March 2013. The author is blogging and filming about her tour stop experiences; this content will later form the basis for a documentary tentatively …
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Shaun Tan Has a New Book In-the-Works
Tan has also been developing an app version of this book. The book is reportedly coming out on in November 2013. more at A Fuse #8 Production blog▸▸
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2013 Phyllis Wheatley Book Awards Finalists Announced
more at the Harlem Book Fair website▸▸ more at Eventbrite.com▸▸ Finalists in the Young Readers Category Tea Cakes for Tosh written by Kelly Starling Lyons & illustrated by E. B. …
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NPR Profiles Scholastic
“Chances are you have had contact with Scholastic Publishing at some point in your life: You might have read their magazines in school, or bought a book at one of …
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Marc Simont Has Passed On
“When his roommate, Robert McCloskey, wanted to study ducklings for his next book, Marc Simont let him adopt a whole group of them. McCloskey followed them around their small Cambridge …
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The NCFL & The Joan Ganz Cooney Center Has Formed The Aprendiendo Juntos Council
In an interview with School Library Journal, Dr. Michael H. Levine of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center shared his thoughts on this new venture: “Hispanic-Latino families are pioneers in adapting …
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This Week on Girls Scouts’ The Studio: Caldecott Honor Winner Peter Brown
“A career in the arts is not easy. But it is so rewarding. My advice is to give yourself the best possible chance of succeeding, and the only way to …
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John Green Fan Creates a Nerdfighter Documentary
“By the end of April I had two videographers (Kayla Sprayue and Paul Weller) and a faculty advisor (Sonny Wingler) on board! I created a website and social media pages. …
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Shelley Diaz: How I Got into Publishing
Guest post by associate editor at School Library JournalRead more »I decided I wanted to work in children’s publishing in sixth grade. I had devoured all of the Anne of Green Gables books by this time, and I was convinced that I could be the Dominican Lucy Maud Montgomery. I kept writing through middle school and high school, and pondered over different career paths (should I be a literary agent, an editor?), and even momentarily thought about being a cultural anthropologist instead.
The fact remained: I was fascinated by stories—all people’s stories.
I declared my English Lit/Latino Studies double-major freshman year at Columbia University, and was lucky enough to snag an editorial internship with Dell Publishing (a crossword puzzle publisher) through my Hispanic Scholarship Fund mentor. That summer internship cemented my desire to work in publishing, while at the same time reinforced the fact that it had to be with work that I cared about (crossword puzzles, were just not that interesting), and at a place that gave me the opportunity to advocate for diverse literature. -
Nominations Open for the 2013 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK – Nominations opened at American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago for the 2013 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My …
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Filming is Under Way for ‘The Maze Runner’ Movie Adaptation
Wes Ball is serving as the director for this project. Dylan O’Brien is the actor portraying lead protagonist, Thomas. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, published James …
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Author Ruta Sepetys Awarded Lithuania’s ‘Cross of the Knight’ for Contributions in Education & Culture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Author Ruta Sepetys was decorated with Lithuania’s ‘Cross of the Knight of the Order’ by the President of Lithuania in a formal ceremony last weekend at the nation’s …
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Brenton Thwaites to Play Jonas in ‘The Giver’ Movie
“Aged up from the book, the Jonas character is selected to become the next Receiver of Memory in the heavily ordered and seemingly perfect society. He bonds with the previous …
