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Nominations open until August 5 for 2020 CBC Diversity Outstanding Achievement Awards
The CBC Diversity Committee is collecting nominations for the third year of the CBC Diversity Outstanding Achievement Awards. These awards are given annually to professionals in the children’s publishing industry …
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2020 Comstock and Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Awards Announced
For the sixteenth year, children have chosen the best read aloud picture books in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards program. The 2020 winner of the Comstock …
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Intern Shoutouts!
We wanted to shine a light on our interns, ten of whom these past 3 years have gone on to get publishing positions and three with us now working remotely …
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Books Full of Pride
Dive into this list of children's Pride books and celebrate love and the LGBTQ+ community with us!
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Award-winning Author Katherine Paterson Pens Original Short Story to Share with America’s Young Readers
Story and Complementary Education Materials Provided Online to Inspire Parents, Guardians, and Educators to Get Kids Reading and Writing this Summer
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Juneteenth
Friday marks the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. Here are links to recommended reading about this very important day in history, as well as a list of Black-owned bookstores: Black & …
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KidLit TV Launches KidLit At Home
New, free, online homeschooling resource brings together the best video content from around the web created for kids by diverse children's book authors and illustrators
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Day in the Life: Arik Hardin
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Managing Editorial Assistant Thursday, May 14th 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM: I wake up in the basement of my parents’ home (the glamorous place that I …
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Anti-Racist books for All
The CBC Diversity Committee is committed to working for an equitable and just society. We denounce the systemic oppression and violence to the Black community. And we grieve. Discrimination is …
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Together We Stand
The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader stand with the entire Black community against racism and violence. We stand with black authors, illustrators, readers, educators, librarians, booksellers, and …
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Sourcebooks and Shelf Awareness Join Movements to Support Indie Bookstores
#ReadIndieForward Invites Booklovers to Help Booksellers During Pandemic
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New Member: Andrews McMeel Publishing
The innovative publisher joined the CBC recently! Learn more about this Midwest member, including a favorite quote from Calvin and Hobbes.
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Winners of the 2020 Ezra Keats Bookmarking Competition Announced
The 34th annual Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition for grades 3-12 announced
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Scholastic Reimagines Free Summer Reading Program for Kids
Join their Summer Read-a-Palooza to access awesome reading materials and activities throughout the summer
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Everywhere Book Fest
How the book world has adjusted to virtual conferences, and how Everywhere Book Fest nailed it on the head
