LITTLE HOUSE ON THE CONTROVERSY: LAURA INGALLS WILDER’S NAME REMOVED FROM BOOK AWARD A division of the American Library Association voted unanimously Saturday to strip Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from a major children’s literature […]
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BOOK READING AIMS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER Organizers chose “Towers Falling” (by Jewell Parker Rhodes) for its breadth of themes and the conversations it could spark. … the book also offers […]
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ALL PIKES PEAK READS RELEASES 2018 BOOK TITLES Diversity and resilience. Those are the themes at the heart of this year’s Pikes Peak Library District’s All Pikes Peak Reads. The […]
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A Q&A WITH CI6 FEATURED SPEAKERS WADE HUDSON AND CHERYL WILLIS HUDSON We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, which features a foreword by renowned children’s illustrator Ashley Bryan […]
YA 2018 BOOKLIST: THE REVOLUTION WILL BE ANTHOLOGIZED Books focused on giving tools to aspiring activists and would-be protest leaders (especially directed at girls) or turning a spotlight on double […]
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JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR HIGHLIGHTS THE ‘WONDERS’ OF READING IN NEW MEMOIR FOR KIDS: SEE THE COVER! For Sotomayor, the illustrations in Turning Pages are just as important as the story […]
CONGRATULATIONS to the 66th Jane Addams Children’s Book Awardees Malala Yousafzai, Kerascoët, Sara Holbrook, Lesa Cline-Ransome, James Ransome, Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi, Yutaka Houlette, Renée Watson, and Linda Williams Jackson. […]
Congratulations to the 66th Jane Addams Children’s Book Awardees Malala Yousafzai, Kerascoët, Sara Holbrook, Lesa Cline-Ransome, James Ransome, Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi, Yutaka Houlette, Renée Watson, and Linda Williams Jackson. […]
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT April 30th: Video announcement and press release made publicWatch this space for a special announcement regarding the announcement of this year’s Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winners and […]
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jane Addams Peace Association Ensuring the future of peace education for children – Sponsor of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award FLEXIBLE HOURS & LOCATION HEALTHCARE BENEFITS SEND […]