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2017: ALA, Google Announce $500,000 in Grants to Support Computer Skills
The American Library Association kicked off its 2017 annual conference on Thursday with a reception at Google’s Chicago office to celebrate a new $500,000 competitive grant program, sponsored by Google, to encourage computer skills in America’s libraries. more »
The American Library Association kicked off its 2017 annual conference on Thursday with a reception at Google’s Chicago office to celebrate a new $500,000 competitive grant program, sponsored by Google, to encourage computer skills in America’s libraries. more »
How
a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein For her new title 'No Is Not Enough,' which Klein called "a movement book," the Canadian activist and author said she wanted to work with "a movement publisher." She found one in Chicago-based indie Haymarket Books. more »
Why Hollywood
Loves Stephen King: It’s a particularly fruitful year for the
bestselling author—but what makes his work so consistently popular?
Millennials
Aren't Killing Libraries: According to a Pew Research Center
report, Millennials frequents public libraries more often than members of any
other age group.
Memoirs of Black
Mourning: Mychal Denzel Smith argues that memoirs on death in
black families are both an outlet for grief and a public obligation to mourn.
The Invisibility
of the Translator: How a translation can affect the meaning of a
text, and a "sliding scale" between author, text, and reader.
Writers Looking
for Forever Home: These various types of writers need homes.
Browse their adoption listings and see if this is the writer for you!
CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THE MEDIA
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From BuzzFeed:
Why We Need Diverse Characters In YA Books, According to Angie Thomas. Click here 
From People:
How Jimmy Fallon's Daughters Inspired His New Picture Book Everything Is Mama Click here
From the New York Times:
At the Dr. Seuss Museum: Oh, the Places They Don't Go! Click here
From the Progressive:
Patricia McKissack's son on the death of his mother and the healthcare debate. Click here
From the New York Times:
How to Raise a Reader, by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo. Click here
From the Huffington Post
I’m a Teenager and I Don't Like to Read Young Adult Novels. Here's Why. Click here
From Atlas Obscura:
The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children's Literature. Click here |
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From Forbes:
How 12-Year-Old Marley Dias Is Changing the Face of Children's Literature. Click here
From Variety:
A Movie Based on The Day the Crayons Quit Is in the Works at Sony Pictures. Click here
From the Bookseller:
Two new Harry Potter books for British Library exhibition. Click here
From Atlas Obscura
The Grimm Brothers' Other Great Project Was Writing a Giant German Dictionary. Click here
From School Library Journal:
Teaching with Science Comics. Click here
From NPR:
What If Willy Wonka Was Your Dad? Roald Dahl's Magical Parenting with Food. Click here
From Brightly:
Nine Hilarious Parodies of Classic Picture Books. Click here |
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