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2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winners Photo during Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Fesitval
The 2018 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award winner Derrick Barnes (Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut) and New Illustrator Award winner Evan Turk (Muddy: The Story of Blues …
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Are You Ready for a Magical Summer of Reading? The 2018 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge Is Officially Open!
Students Can Now Begin to Log Their Reading Minutes, Earn Digital Prizes, and Access Free Resources Including Author Videos, Downloadable Activities, and More! Two Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip RVs …
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Second Annual Anna Dewdney Read Together Award Winner and Honor Books Announced
Vroman’s Bookstore to Host Reading and Award Event May 5 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – May 2, 2018 – Penguin Young Readers, the Children’s Book Council, and Every …
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Over 50 Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators To Feature in Children’s Book Week Spotlight Events
Download a full list of Spotlight events here!Download the US map of events here!Download the Northeast map of events here!Download the Pacific Northwest map of events here! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE …
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Winners of 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition Announced By Ezra Jack Keats Foundation and New York City Department of Education
City Winners Recieve $500 Cash Prize; Winning Books and Honorable Mentions on Special Exhibit May 1-20 at Brooklyn Public Library Awards also Given for Student-made Books in San Francisco, Atlanta …
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3 Questions with Sylvia Vardell
What has most surprised you about the (micro)publishing world? There have been so many surprises along the way in the seven years Janet and I have been collaborating and creating …
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Reading Aloud to Young Children Has Benefits for Behavior and Attention
(Excerpted from The New York Times, April 16, 2018) “It’s a truism in child development that the very young learn through relationships and back-and-forth interactions, including the interactions that occur …
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Tracy K. Smith and Jacqueline Woodson Talk Reading, Race and Spreading the Gospel of Literature
In 2018, the writer and poet Jacqueline Woodson was appointed National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The author Tracy K. Smith is in the second of her two years as the poet …
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Story Monsters Ink Announces Partnership with Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Linda F. Radke, Story Monsters LLCp: 480-940-8182e: info@storymonsters.com CHANDLER, AZ (April, 2018) – A staggering 60 percent of students growing up in low-income households do not have …
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CBC Lines Up YA Books-to-Movie Story in Entertainment Weekly!
Audra Boltion has been working with us on a story in Entertainment Weekly for a while now, and it has all come to fruition in the April 20, 2018 issue! …
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3 Questions with Janet Wong
What is the stupidest thing you did at the beginning of your career? Margaret McElderry included me as a guest of honor at an S&S party when my first book, …
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Penguin Random House, Penguin Young Readers, Random House Children’s Books and Kiwanis International Launch “Read and Lead” Program
Exclusive Partnership Promotes Literacy and Service in Youth NEW YORK, NY (April 4, 2018) —Penguin Random House, the largest trade-book publisher, announced the launch of Read and Lead (https://kiwanisreadandlead.com/), a …
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3 Questions with Tracey Hecht
Why do you like to read so much? I don’t know that I could ever fully explain how much I love to read. One of my fantasy getaways is to …
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Growing Good Kids Book Awards – Call for Nominations
The 2018 Growing Good Kids Book Awards Committee is currently accepting nominations for books published in 2017. Award winners are selected from children’s picture books that are plant, gardening and …
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With First Book & Every Child a Reader, Kids Choose Favorite Books of 2017
Kids and teens can “voice their choice” in the 11th Annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards now through May 6 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK (March 23, 2018) …
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New Exhibition at the Eric Carle Muesuem of Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Presents The Art of Eric Carle: Seasons April 3, 2018 – August 26, 2018 Amherst, MA (March 15, 2018) — In 1970, …
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3 Questions with L.B. Schulman
What first inspired you to write a contemporary novel with a historical mystery at its core? One day, as I listened to NPR on my drive home, I heard an …
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Bank Street College of Education Honors Three Top Children’s Books
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Cynthia Weill, Ed.D.Director, Center for Children’s LiteratureBank Street College of Education212-875-4652cweill@bankstreet.eduNew York, NY— March 20, 2018—The Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College …
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Resources from Scholastic Help Striving Readers Grow Their Literacy Skills
Scholastic Edge™, a New In-Class Intervention Program, Joins an Expansive List of Offerings Directly Addressing the Needs of All Students within a Balanced Literacy Classroom New York, NY – March …
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Gowana Middle School takes on the Reading Without Walls Challenge
Michelle Horstmyer, the school librarian, collaborated with the ELA 7 and Art 7 classes to read a book that met the Reading Without Walls Challenge criteria. Then students did a writing …
