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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 …
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Happy 95th Annual Children’s Book Week!
Visit bookweekonline.com for free children’s book events in all 50 states, activities, and much more! Celebrating children’s books and reading since 1919 Help us spread the joy of …
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2014 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge Launches Today, Free Program for Schools and Families to Prevent the “Summer Slide”
Students Log Reading Minutes as They Seek to Break the World Record for Summer Reading; Teachers/Schools Can Register All Their Students New York, NY – Today, Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL) announces …
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Story Time From Space
As part of the program, astronauts on the ISS will also videotape themselves conducting educational demonstrations created by veteran Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason. These demonstrations will complement the science concepts …
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Babymouse and Squish are Celebrating Children’s Book Week May 12-18!
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 Book Week …
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Kate DiCamillo & Chris Van Dusen Create a ‘Mercy Watson’ Spin-Off Series
“Leroy is the first to get his own story. Next up is Francine Poulet, the dedicated and valiant Animal Control Officer. And after that, the long-suffering Baby Lincoln gets her …
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DiversifYA Hosts Their First Diversity Q&A on Twitter
This week’s Q&A topic was titled the “QUILTBAG (Queer/Questioning, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender/Transsexual, Bisexual, Allied/Asexual, Gay/Genderqueer) Edition.” The Q&A lasted the whole morning and brought up interesting points about many …
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Trudy Ludwig Lets Out Her Inner Child to Celebrate Children’s Book Week
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 Book Week …
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Looking for a way to get your kids excited about reading this summer?
Kids love that they can earn points and badges for reading, rating, and reviewing books. Research shows that friends are the #1 source of new book recommendations for kids today, …
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Tracing the White World of Children’s Books Through Time
“As of July 11, we had received 1,509 trade books published in 2013. I found that 1,183 (78.3 percent) were about human beings. And just 124 of those (10.5 percent) …
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The #UnlockTheOne Hashtag Sweeps Social Media
More than 311,000 young adult readers participated. In less than 48 hours, the #UnlockTheOne hashtag was trending in the U.S., Brazil, and the Philippines. The fans were able to enjoy …
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A Book Brought ‘Say Anything’ Actress Ione Skye and Her Older Brother Together. What Has Kid Lit Done for You?
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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Jack Black Stars In Goosebumps Directed By Rob Letterman Also Starring Dylan Minnette And Odeya Rush
CONYERS, Ga. — Principal photography has commenced on Goosebumps, starring Jack Black. Rob Letterman directs the film from a screenplay by Darren Lemke and Mike White and a story by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski and Darren Lemke, based on the Goosebumps book series published …
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Quick, Kid Lit Fanatics: How Many of the Titles in Jonathan Auxier’s 1-Minute Video Have you Read?
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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Toronto Public Library Patron Files Complaint Against ‘Hop On Pop’
“The Toronto Library system did not submit to the complainant’s belly aching. The book remains in circulation in part because the children in the book are, in fact, told not …
