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Making Our Own Market: Reading is Fundamental

The Making Our Own Market series has been about empowering children’s book creators of color with new ways to tell our stories and get... Read more »

Comment | June 20, 2014, 4:25 pm

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An Oompa-Loompa Story

Actor and VIP guest for charity event Singalonga “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” Rusty Goffe shares his memories of... Read more »

Comment | June 20, 2014, 4:23 pm

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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