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2015 Bank Street Children’s Book Committee Awards Revealed
2015 Josette Frank Award For Older Readers I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group USA) For Younger Readers Rain Reign by Ann …
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Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture Grant
Applications and eligibility details can be found at www.talkstorytogether.org/grants. Application Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2015Grant Amount: $600Grant Period: May 1, 2015 – November 30, 2015 For more information, please contact:Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, APALA Co-Chair: lessalozada[@]gmail.comLiana …
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Happy Birthday, E.L. Konigsburg!
Konigsburg went on to win two Newbery Medals for her work. In 1968, she won for her popular novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and in 1997 …
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Pam Muñoz Ryan On The Creative Process Behind ‘Echo’
So I had these three main stories, but I didn’t want it to be just episodic – I wanted there to be a richer thread to bring them together. And …
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‘I Am Malala’ Audiobook Wins Grammy Award
The Grammy represents the latest in a slew of honors the teenaged Malala has earned since surviving an attack in which she was shot in the head by a Taliban …
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Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers to Publish Picture Book Based On YouTube Sensation, Tiny Hamster
Tiny Hamster Is a Giant Monster will have a photographic treatment and feature images from the video. When Tiny Hamster accidentally eats some mad scientist goo, he turns into a giant, …
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HarperCollins to Publish Three E.B. White Novels as eBooks
The publishing industry has long debated whether e-books expand the overall market or simply shift the market away from paper, for which sales have been flat at best over the …
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Remembering George McHugh Nicholson
Nicholson made a major breakthrough when he secured paperback rights to E.B. White’s classics Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little. Publishers took notice and soon launched their own paperback imprints. Before ultimately joining Sterling Lord …
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Random House Children’s Books Acquires New Middle-Grade Series by Bestselling Author Raymond Arroyo
With five bestsellers to his credit, Arroyo hosts The World Over Live, a weekly international news magazine seen on EWTN, Eternal Word Television Network, in 250 million homes globally and nearly 300 …
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‘This One Summer’ Becomes the First Graphic Novel to Win a Caldecott Honor
The book also received a Printz Honor this year, and is the second graphic novel to do so since Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese won the award in 2006. …
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Free Comic Book Day Kicks Off 96th Annual Children’s Book Week Celebration!
Comics industry leaders Diamond Comic Distributors and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) are partnering with Every Child a Reader and the Children’s Book Council to bring greater focus to …
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‘Day of Diversity’ Action Points
Some of the action points include donating books to an under-resourced school; buying and reading books by diverse authors and featuring diverse characters; and partnering with local organizations to distribute books to …
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ALA Youth Media Award Winners, Then & Now
Here’s a look at the winners and honorees from 2015 and years past (pdfs by Ellen Miles, MLIS, Youth Services Librarian at Camas Public Library, Camas, WA): The Randolph …
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Happy Birthday, David Wiesner!
Wiesner is the recipient of three Caldecott Medals for his books Tuesday, The Three Pigs, and Flotsam, all of which he wrote and illustrated. His books have been translated into …
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Dan Santat On Having No Regrets
Should I take this job and make money to support my family, or should I chase my dream?…It pushed me to do more of my own writing and motivated me …
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Call for Submissions for the 2015 Walter Dean Myers Award
The submission deadline is November 1, 2015. Eligibility • A diverse work constitutes: YA (for readers ages 13-18) written by a diverse author, featuring a diverse main character or addressing …
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Announcing the Mathical Book Prize Launch
Nicole Deming, Interim Director of the Children’s Book Council, says of the new award program: The Children’s Book Council is excited to partner with MSRI to create a go-to source …
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Announcing the 2015 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
Reviewers look for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diverse range of cultural experiences, and present an original theme or a perspective. A preview of this year’s selected titles …
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Happy Birthday, Russell Hoban!
Hoban briefly attended Temple University before enlisting in the Army during World War II. In 1944, he married his first wife, Lillian Aberman, a fellow illustrator whom he’d met at …
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Penguin Young Readers Receives Eleven 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards
New York, NY – Penguin Young Readers has received eleven 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards. The ALA announced today that BROWN GIRL DREAMING by Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books) has received the Newbery …
