Newbery Medalist and Award-Winning Poet Kwame Alexander
Determined to succeed, Kwame Alexander has never taken “no” well. If he has a vision, he works tirelessly to turn it into reality. A literary activist, poet, and author, Alexander writes [...]
Get Ready for World Read Aloud Day!
World Read Aloud Day is coming up next week, but most librarians, teachers, and parents I know don’t read to their children only on that day. Here are some great titles, published in 2016 and [...]
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Aims to Draw People Out of Their Comfort Zones
The newest National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is not a novelist. He is not a poet. He does not create picture books, in the traditional sense. Gene Luen Yang does not fit nicely in [...]
Chris Van Dusen, Award-winning Picture Book Author/Illustrator
“I was a very reluctant reader,” confesses Chris Van Dusen, an award-winning author/illustrator of children’s books. “As a child, I would sit on my mom’s lap and she would read Dr. Seuss books, [...]
Newbery Medal Winning Author Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis is an award-winning author of children’s novels and chapter books, including the Newbery Medal-winning book, Bud, Not Buddy, and the Newbery Honor-winning book, The [...]
