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Which Childhood Copies of Your Favorite Books Do You Still Own?
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! Stay tuned for wonderful videos from: …
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‘The Lorax’ Inspires Revitalization For One Old House
“The new building is energy-efficient and will offer the neighborhood three new one-bedroom apartments, a studio and a live-work space with a commercial art gallery attached. Not just a potential …
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Matt de la Peña Asks, “Where’s the African-American Harry Potter or the Mexican Katniss?”
“Even though young adult literature is enjoying a golden age and authors are working to diversify their stories, lead characters of color or characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or …
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Street Made Famous by Bernard Waber’s Lyle the Crocodile Series to be Designated Literary Landmark in Honor of Children’s Book Week
Yorkville Community School – May 14 – 9:30 am The children of the Yorkville Community School (421 E 88th St, New York, NY 10128) will gather to celebrate Children’s Book …
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Jon Klassen Picture Books ‘This Is Not My Hat’ and ‘I Want My Hat Back’ Hit 1 Million Copies in Print Worldwide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOMERVILLE, MA – April 10, 2014 –Two and a half years after Jon Klassen made his author-illustrator debut, his picture books – the #1 New York Times bestseller ‘I …
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Strap On Your ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Bonnet & Get Ready to Celebrate Children’s Book Week with Author Jennifer Mathieu!
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! Stay tuned for wonderful videos from: …
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Stephanie Perkins to Edit Young Adult Holiday Anthology
Stephanie Perkins will serve as the editor for this book; she will also pen one of the stories. The eleven other authors who have signed up to contribute include Rainbow …
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Penguin Young Readers Group Acquires Middle Grade Novel by Filmmaker Haifaa al Mansour
Wadjda scheduled for publication in Fall 2015. NEW YORK, NY — Haifaa al Mansour, Saudi Arabia’s first female film maker, will publish a middle grade adaptation of her feature film debut Wadjda with …
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Can You Carry All of the Children and All of the Books? Liesl Shurtliff, Author of ‘Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin’, Can!
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! Stay tuned for wonderful videos from: …
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ALA Releases 2014 State of America’s Libraries Report
Libraries continue to transform to meet society’s needs, but school libraries feel the pain of tight budgets CHICAGO, IL — Libraries continue to transform to meet society’s changing needs, and …
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Your Little Reader Could Be a Big Winner!
Capture the magic of reading SAY CHEESE … to promote children’s literacy and education, and you could win a set of brand-new children’s books! We invite you to be a part …
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Mara Anastas Named Publisher of Aladdin Books & Simon Pulse
NEW YORK, NY — Mara Anastas has been named Publisher of Aladdin Books and Simon Pulse it was announced today by Jon Anderson, President of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, …
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka On What it Means to Be an Author
In addition to this picture book, Krosoczka has also been busy working on new installments for two book series. He pointed out that his job is not limited to just …
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Brian Biggs & Amy Ignatow Jam to the B-52’s, Spoil Harry Potter, and 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! Stay tuned for wonderful videos from: …
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Introduces New Collection of Apps to Strengthen Literacy Skills for Today’s Mobile Learners
Common Core Reading Practice and Assessment apps designed for at-home and classroom use. Boston, MA — Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt™ (HMH®) today introduced a new collection of seven elementary grade-specific tablet …
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Hats Off – Er, On to ‘Gated’ Author Amy Christine Parker for Being a Children’s Book Week Champion!
Watch Amy’s wonderful Children’s Book Week Champion video, and join her in celebrating the 95th annual Children’s Book Week (May 12-18, 2014)! Follow our YouTube playlist for fun videos from …
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Booksellers: Enter the Children’s Book Week Display Contest!
2013’s winning entry from Northshire Books in Manchester Center, VT Prizes include a visit from a 2014 Children’s-Choice-Book-Award-winning author or illustrator, coverage in Bookselling This Week, online promotion, and more!Celebrate …
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Should Children’s Publishers Continue to Acquire Celebrity Manuscripts?
For Lamont, a celebrity children’s book deal makes him “instinctively feel for the career-pledged writers who have been huffing away with their thesaurus and watercolour brushes for years. Beneath them, …
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SCBWI Reveals the 2014 Golden Kite Award & Sid Fleischman Humor Award Winners
“The Golden Kite Awards are to recognize excellence in children’s literature. Instituted in 1973, the Golden Kite Awards are the only children’s literary award judged by a jury of peers. …
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Idaho School Board Bans ‘The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian’
“The school board’s decision to seek an alternative book to convey ‘the cultural messages’ of Alexie’s work came after complaints from parents that the book contained sexually charged material inappropriate …
