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Beyond the Magic Tree House: Who Is Mary Pope Osborne?

When readers get hooked on a series, they want to devour anything and everything they can in the collection.  And after... Read more »

Comment | June 19, 2014, 10:00 pm

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Independent Booksellers Mount Offensive Against Amazon’s Dominance

Comment | June 19, 2014, 5:35 pm

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If Strangers Talked to Everybody like They Talk to Writers

Last week, writer and tweeter extraordinaire Elizabeth McCracken tweeted this… “21 years into a publishing career & I still have no idea... Read more »

Comment | June 19, 2014, 5:05 pm

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DreamWorksTV Launches on YouTube

Shrek, Puss in Boots and the Kung Fu Panda himself join YouTube’s  talent roster of A-list vloggers with today’s launch of DreamWorksTV, an original... Read more »

1 comment | June 19, 2014, 4:17 pm

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Peep’s Spring Surprise and the Making of a EBook App: An Interview with Jamie Stevens

Jamie Stevens, an illustrator and graphic designer, is the author-illustrator of a delightful eBook app for pre-schoolers titled Peep’s Spring Surprise.... Read more »

Comment | June 19, 2014, 4:14 pm

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New Survey: Only 17 Percent of Parents Believe Reading is Top Priority During the Summer

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Despite research that indicates the importance of summer reading in preventing children from losing literacy skills, only... Read more »

Comment | June 19, 2014, 4:11 pm

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Harriet fans, feast your eyes

Fans of Harriet the Spy must click here. Seriously. You will not be disappointed. Thanks to Friend-of-the-Horn-Book Rich Michelson for sharing this special... Read more »

1 comment | June 18, 2014, 8:00 pm

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Talking About Race in Children’s Literature: Commentary and Resources

Read Roger’s July 7, 2013 blog post A very good question elicited over one hundred comments by authors, illustrators, readers, and activists... Read more »

Comment | June 18, 2014, 8:00 pm

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IBPA Report from BookExpo America 2014

Nearly 20,000 industry professionals and 10,000 book consumers descended on New York City late last month for BookExpo America (BEA),... Read more »

Comment | June 18, 2014, 5:17 pm

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‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ Creator Jeff Kinney to Open a Bookstore

Writer and artist Jeff Kinney (pictured, via) revealed at BookExpo America that he and his wife plan to open a bookstore. The Associated Press reports... Read more »

Comment | June 18, 2014, 5:11 pm

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The future is bright for self published authors

A couple of Saturdays ago in the concrete basement of the Jacob Javits Convention Center, I witnessed the future for our... Read more »

Comment | June 18, 2014, 5:00 pm

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Launching Today: Goodreads Q&A!

If you could ask Margaret Atwood, Khaled Hosseini, or James Patterson anything, what would it be? Maybe you want to know their writing inspiration,... Read more »

Comment | June 18, 2014, 4:56 pm

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NYPL Summer Reading Challenge 2014

CALLING All KIDS & TEENS! The Library is bubbling with excitement this summer! Take The New York Public Library’s Summer... Read more »

Comment | June 16, 2014, 10:00 am

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Using the Library of Congress as a teaching resource

CHICAGO — With nearly 142 million items and one of the largest bodies of high-quality, digitized content available, the Library... Read more »

Comment | June 16, 2014, 10:00 am

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Amazon-Hachette Fight: Is Amazon Really the Bad Guy?

“Forget, for a minute, whether you side with Amazon or Hachette in their headline-generating spat. Instead, ask yourself: Why is... Read more »

Comment | June 16, 2014, 10:00 am

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Are You Culturally Invisible?

You may be aware of the recent uproar that was caused when Book Expo America announced its panel for its... Read more »

Comment | June 16, 2014, 9:00 am

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About Kids First!

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Comment | June 16, 2014, 9:00 am

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Become a Kid Tester

The opinion of kids is the most important input we could have when judging books, because kids know better than... Read more »

Comment | June 16, 2014, 9:00 am

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Celebrate Fathers at the Library

The occasion of Father’s Day is fast approaching. My father has been deceased for many years, so I needn’t exert... Read more »

Comment | June 15, 2014, 6:23 pm

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Race on for the best children’s science book

Here are the six inspiring science books that make up this year’s Royal Society young people’s books prize shortlist. The prize celebrates the best... Read more »

Comment | June 15, 2014, 10:30 am