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Finding My Way Books Participates in Sesame Street in Communities Event
Kansas City, Missouri is one of three US pilot cities designated for the launching of Sesame Street in Communities. This is a new local initiative that supports caregivers with resources …
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Three Questions with Sally Wern Comport
How do you approach illustrating children’s books? What are some hallmarks of your illustration style? I approach illustrating children’s books very specifically for each title, subject, and cultural time period. …
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Three Questions with A.L. Tait
Why do you write (predominantly) for boys? As a female author, I’m often asked why I use my initials as my pen name (A.L. Tait, not Allison Tait) and I …
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The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation To Triple the Prize For Winners of the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
First $3,000 Prizes to be Presented at 32nd Annual EJK Book Award Ceremony on April 12, 2018, During Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival NEW YORK—November 8, 2017—The Ezra Jack …
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Three Questions with Mindy Dwyer
What did you want to be when you grew up? When asked that ever-present question as a child, I always stated, “I want to be a nurse (like my mom) …
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Jillian Tamaki to Illustrate 2018 Children’s Book Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – November 2, 2017 – Every Child a Reader has announced that Jillian Tamaki will illustrate the official 2018 Children’s Book Week poster. Over …
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Neukom Institute to Honor the World’s Most Spectacular Speculative Fiction
HANOVER, N.H. – October 25, 2017 – The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College announced today the establishment of the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards, a global award …
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Three Questions with Josh Funk
What made you write a fractured fairy tale? I’ve always been intrigued by the ridiculousness of some fairy tale premises. Did Little Red Riding Hood really not recognize that a …
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Swoon Reads to Launch an App for IOS and Android
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Kelsey MarrujoSwoon Reads Publicitykelsey.marrujo@macmillan.com To Celebrate Its Fourth Anniversary, Swoon Reads Is Launching an App for iOS and Android New York, NY (October 16, 2017) – Macmillan …
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2017 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award to be honored on campus
SAN MARCOS – F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell, Rafael López and Francisco X. Stork have been named the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award recipients for works published in …
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Heading to the YALSA YA Services Symposium in November?
The ALA-CBC Committee is sponsoring a program at this year’s YA Services Symposium in Louisville, KY. We invite all attendees to join us on Sunday, November 5 at 8:30 am …
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Recap: The Snowy Day Forever Stamps Ceremony
On October 4th, 2017, a beautiful ceremony was held to to honor the first day of issue for the brand new Snowy Day forever stamps, based on the classic children’s …
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Gene Luen Yang at the South Dakota Festival of Books
Current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Gene Luen Yang, has had a busy two years touring the country and spreading his message of “Reading Without Walls.” Recently those travels …
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CBC at New York Comic Con
On Thursday, October 5th, the CBC collaborated with the New York Public Library on New York Comic Con Professional Day. The panel “Girl Power Comics: Middle-Grade Fiction for Girls (and …
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Holocaust Survivor Eva Mozes Kor Becomes BuzzFeed Video Phenom
130 Million Views Rocket Kor’s Surviving the Angel of Death to #1 on Amazon! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Surviving the Angel of Death, the story of Holocaust Survivor Eva Mozes …
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See the Winners of the 2017 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MORE THAN 890,000 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD RETURN TO SCHOOL “READING-READY” AFTER LOGGING 138,399,392 MINUTES IN THE SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING CHALLENGE One School in Every …
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Six Debuts on The New York Times Children’s Bestseller Lists
Congratulations to all the books below that made the list for the week of September 24, 2017! Picture Book: Sam, the Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World by Mo …
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Winners of the 2017 Children’s Africana Book Awards Announced
The Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) program is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. CABA awards are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books on …
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Teenreads Celebrates 20 Years!
We’ve had a great time looking back over the last two decades, asking ourselves: What’s changed and what’s the same? As we reflected, we knew we had to do something …
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Six Debuts on The New York Times Children’s Bestseller Lists
Congratulations to all the books below that made the list for the week of September 17, 2017! Picture Book: Uni the Unicorn and the Dream Come True by Amy Krouse …
