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Children’s Book Week 2014 — In Pictures
View the photo essay in Publishers Weekly ▸▸ More photos on the Children’s Book Council’s Facebook page▸▸
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Universal Orlando Resort Reveals Details For the Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley
ORLANDO, FL – Never before has a theme park created a guest experience like this: you climb aboard the Hogwarts Express in Hogsmeade and moments later arrive at King’s Cross Station …
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Hundreds of Children’s Books Creators Take Part in Indies First Storytime Day
“More than 125 independent bookstores from Maine to California held storytimes with hundreds of children’s authors. The hook was that children’s authors were encouraged to share the works of other …
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Random House Children’s Books Acquires Picture Book by Actress & Playwright Amanda Peet, Co-Written by Andrea Troyer
New York, NY — Random House Children’s Books has acquired DEAR SANTA, LOVE RACHEL ROSENSTEIN, a new picture book from actress and playwright Amanda Peet, co-written by her longtime friend Andrea …
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Congratulations to the Winners of our Little Reader Snapshot Contest!
The CBC partnered with Pubslush for the first time this year on a “Little Reader” snapshot contest in support of Children’s Book Week. Parents/ caregivers were invited to submit cute …
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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 …
