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Young Adult Readers Celebrate #IreadYA Week
Yesterday was day one and fans around the world shared tweets with their favorite recommendations. Several writers also took part in this conversation including Legend author Marie Lu, Anna & …
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Kate DiCamillo Visits School Library Journal
“The 2014 Newbery Award–winning author of Flora & Ulysses (2013) shared advance copies of her next chapter book, Leroy Ninker Saddles Up (2014, both Candlewick), out this August, and a companion to the “Mercy Watson” …
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First Book Presents A Market-Driven Solution to the Need For Diverse Books
“Children from all walks of life need to see themselves–and others–in the stories they read. So First Book–a nonprofit social enterprise that provides new books to kids in need–has reached …
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Four Inspiring Teachers Named National READ 180® and System 44® Outstanding Educator Award Winners
Scholastic Honors Four Passionate Teachers Who Have Turned Students’ Lives Around by Helping Them Learn to Read NEW YORK, NY — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, …
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How Have Children’s Books Changed Your Life?
The respondents praised classic titles including The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, and The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. …
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Joshua Dread author Lee Bacon May Tell the Occasional Lie, but He’s a True Children’s Book Week Champion!
Follow our YouTube playlist for fun videos from children’s book creators celebrating children’s books and the joy of reading — now through Book Week! Join them by becoming a Children’s …
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Julia Stiles, Kathy Bates, & Bill Cobbs Join ‘The Great Gilly Hopkins’ Movie Cast
The movie is based on the 1979 National Book Award-winning novel by former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Katherine Paterson. Stephen Herek, the filmmaker behind The Mighty Ducks and …
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The Kids Have Spoken!
The Children’s Choice Book Awards is the only national book awards program where the winning titles are chosen by kids and teens. “The idea was born out of the understanding …
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Seventh Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards Winners Announced During the 95th Annual Children’s Book Week
New York, NY — May 14, 2014 – The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader announced the winners of the seventh annual Children’s Choice Book Awards (CCBA) at …
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Speed Dating, CBC-Diversity-Committee-Style
Speed dating, CBC-Diversity-Committee-style:
Tonight at Simmons College, the Horn Book, Children’s Books Boston, and the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature are cosponsoring “A Place at the Table: Speed Dating with Children’s Book Creators,” a Children’s Book Council Committee on Diversity evening with authors Susan Kuklin, Richard Michelson, Lesléa Newman, Francisco X. Stork, Nicole Tadgell, and Anne Sibley O’Brien.
We hope all of the attendees have a wonderful time tonight and leave with actionable takeaways from this interactive opportunity!
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For Author Karen Stanton, Happiness is Children’s Books!
Follow our YouTube playlist for fun videos from children’s book creators celebrating children’s books and the joy of reading — now through the end of Book Week! Join her by becoming a …
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New York Times Bestselling Author Lincoln Peirce And HarperCollins Break Guinness World Records® Title For World’s Longest Cartoon Strip By A Team
NEW YORK, NY — Lincoln Peirce and HarperCollins Children’s Books have officially broken the Guinness World Records® title for the world’s longest cartoon strip by a team. The record was broken live on TODAY show …
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Stories for All: A Market-Driven Answer to the Need for Diverse Books
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Last week, hundreds of thousands of parents, educators and readers of all ages issued a call for more diversity in children’s literature, rallying under …
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LeVar Burton: “[Reading] Represents the Ultimate Freedom of Mankind”
On Wednesday, May 14, Burton will receive the Children’s Book Council’s and Every Child a Reader’s Impact Award — which pays tribute to an individual whose actions or programs have …
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Publishers Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson On ‘Making Our Own Market’
“Just Us Books really began as a self-publishing effort. We were the authors of the first few titles. But early on we began to be recognized as a viable children’s …
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Author Lisa Yee Shares an Important, Super Serious Message About Children’s Book Week…What Birds?
Join her by becoming a Children’s Book Week Champion today! Here’s how.Share Lisa’s video with your friends and get them excited about Children’s Book Week! Twitter Author @LisaYee1 reads past her …
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Random House Releases Video with Former SNL Castmember Ana Gasteyer and Bestselling Author Ann Brashares to Promote New Novel ‘The Here and Now’
NEW YORK, NY — The original queen of YA literature and author of the internationally bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series Ann Brashares is back on the teen scene with her biggest novel yet— THE HERE …
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SMASHER Author Scott Bly Does Parkour, Goes Skydiving…& Decides He’d Better Stick with Reading
Join him by becoming a Children’s Book Week Champion today! Here’s how. Share Scott’s video with your friends and get them excited about Children’s Book Week! Twitter SMASHER author @scottbly does #parkour, goes #skydiving…& decides …
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DOGObooks and the Children’s Book Council Partner to Boost Summer Reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tiburon, CA May 12, 2014— In partnership with leading children’s book publishers, DOGObooks has created a reading catalog of 52 popular book titles for grades 3-8. By reading …
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Make Your Voice Heard! Today is the Last Day to Vote in the Children’s Choice Book Awards!
The only national book awards program where the winners are selected by children and teens of all ages. Almost 1,000,000 votes have already been cast! Visit ccbookawards.com and tell …
