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‘Tactile Picture Books Project’ Goes Beyond Braille
Illustrations from Goodnight Moon and Harold and the Purple Crayon have already been adapted into this exciting new form.The team hopes that one day the technology that makes 3-D picture …
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Happy Birthday, Jon Scieszka!
Scieszka (rhymes with Fresca) is also the founder of Guys Read, a literacy program that encourages boys to become lifelong readers. Above all, his mission has been to connect with …
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How Does a Die-Hard Bibliophile React to a Person Who Doesn’t Enjoy Reading?
I’ve heard those words, or similar variations (‘I haven’t read a book since high school,’ or, even more mind-blowing, ‘Reading is boring’) many times in my life, and without fail, …
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Usher Joins Scholastic to Launch “Open a World of Possible” Initiative and Celebrate the Power & Joy of Reading
New York, NY — Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, today announced that Usher is joining with the company to launch a new “Open a World …
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CBC Diversity: Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist…
As proud members of the CBC Diversity Committee, we—Wendy Lamb and Dan Ehrenhaft—volunteered back in March to write a blog post, scheduled for this week. It was to be about unacknowledged, unconscious racism in YA. Our idea at the time was to make the blog post funny. Well, maybe not funny, but lighthearted. Sort of in the vein of the song “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” from Avenue Q. We wanted to laugh at the truth as a conversation starter.
That’s the future. Right now is no time for a joke.
What’s going on in our country is deadly, and dead serious.
We love this song, but this is no time to relax.
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Amy Ewing Has Written a Short Story Called ‘The Wishing Well’
The Wishing Well’ is part of a collection of children’s stories (of the same name) that are very popular in the Lone City, particularly the Marsh. For Violet, it has …
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Fox Star Studios May Create a Hindi Adaptation of ‘The Fault in Our Stars’
A Mumbai-based company called Fox Star Studios may create a Hindi version of The Fault in Our Stars movie. Apparently, the English language edition directed by Josh Boone has enjoyed …
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Kate DiCamillo and Lisa Von Drasek on the Joys of Reading Aloud
DiCamillo believes that reading aloud is an important communal activity for people of all ages, not just kids. She and Von Drasek take turns sharing excerpts from some of their …
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Gene Luen Yang Praises Diversity in Comics at National Book Festival Gala
The full text of Yang’s speech may be read at The Washington Post. Yang leapt this high oratory hurdle with the seeming ease of one of his superpowered characters. And …
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Kyle Zimmer, Co-Founder and CEO of First Book, To Be Honored by the National Book Foundation as the 2014 Literarian Medalist
With Zimmer at the helm, First Book — a Washington, DC-based nonprofit social enterprise — has distributed more than 118 million new books to children in need. Said NBF Executive …
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John Rocco Creates a ‘Blackout’ Companion
The story was inspired by Rocco’s experience with the Blizzard of 1978 during his childhood. Rocco recalls that the storm “hit Rhode Island with about 40 inches of snow and …
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Scholastic to Publish Illustrated Poetry Book For Kids by Nick Cannon
NEW YORK, NY — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that it will publish an illustrated poetry book for children by celebrity entertainer Nick Cannon …
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Diversity in the News — August 2014
We hate to admit it, but summer is swiftly coming to a close and fall is almost here. Even though cooler weather is around the corner, there are plenty of …
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Five Star Publications, Inc. Launches a Monster of a Magazine with ‘StoryMonsters Ink’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHANDLER, AZ (Summer 2014)—Five Star Publications, Inc. is announcing the launch of a new monthly magazine. “StoryMonsters Ink” is a free, subscription-based e-digest that gives parents and …
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Bruce Springsteen & Frank Caruso Collaborate On a Picture Book
Springsteen’s book — starring a bank-robbing baby — was inspired by a song from his 2009 “Working On a Dream” album, as well as a picture book entitled Brave Cowboy …
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First Book and The International Reading Association Launch The ‘Lift Off to Literacy’ Campaign
The two organizations hope that people of all ages will pledge 60 seconds of every day (for a period of 60 days) to working on their literacy skills. Watch a …
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Bloomsbury UK Revamps ‘Harry Potter’ Website
“Other new features include a Harry Potter quote generator and tons of magical downloads, including wallpapers, Facebook cover photos, and more. To top it all off, for the first time …
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Actress Jane Lynch Collaborates With Two Writers on An Anti-Bullying Picture Book
Marlene, Marlene, Queen of Mean is written in verse and aimed at readers ages 3 to 7. Random House Children’s Books will release it on September 23, 2014. “In the …
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Penguin Young Readers Group to Publish New Novel By Bestselling Author Sarah Dessen
New York, NY — Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, is pleased to announce the release of a new novel by Sarah Dessen, the New York Times bestselling author …
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James Patterson Will Not Retire From Writing
“No, at this point, I have a big folder of ideas. It’s like six inches thick, just page after page after page, and when its time for me to be …