• Lifestyle

    Children's Book Week

    Before I let another day go by, I want everyone to know that it’s Children’s Book Week from May 1-7! This week celebrates children’s books and reading and has been since 1919. It is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country, which in my opinion, makes this a pretty…

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    2016 Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

    If you haven’t heard, the kid lit world is blowing up with the news that Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese and Boxers and Saints is the 2016 Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.  He follows a long line of BIG names in the field including Kate DiCamillo, Walter Dean Myers and…