[Lswtalk] FW: [BCALA] Woodson Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

[Debbie Johnson-Houston]

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From: The Black Caucus of the American Library Association
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Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 2:35 PM
To: BCALA at LISTSERV.KENT.EDU
Subject: [BCALA] Woodson Named National Ambassador for Young People's
Literature

 

Woodson Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

On Thursday, Jan. 4, the Library-along with the Children's Book Council
and Every Child a Reader-
<https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-001/jacqueline-woodson-named-sixth-nation
al-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature-2018-2019/2018-01-04/> named
award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson
<http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/>  as the sixth national ambassador for
young people's literature and announced that she would be inaugurated in a
free public ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 10:30 a.m. in the Jefferson
Building; the ceremony will also be live-streamed on the Library's
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk9lCB6-wf4&feature=youtu.be> YouTube
channel. A four-time Newbery Honor Medalist, Coretta Scott King Book Award
winner, and former Young People's Poet Laureate, Woodson will travel
nationwide during her two-year term promoting a platform titled "Reading =
Hope x Change (What's Your Equation?)." She aims to encourage young people
to think about and beyond the moment they are living in, the power they
possess, and the ways reading can help them create hope and change in the
world. The announcement garnered extensive news coverage, including the
<https://www.apnews.com/1d2c46bb09f24ca9a6381dc1da7235c7/Woodson-named-'yo
ung-people's-literature'-ambassador> Associated Press, the
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/books/jacqueline-woodson-is-named-nati
onal-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature.html?_r=0> New York Times,
<https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jacqueline-woodson-named-6th-nat
ional-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature-2018-2019-300577265.html> PR
Newswire, the
<http://www.slj.com/2018/01/industry-news/jacqueline-woodson-named-nationa
l-ambassador-young-peoples-literature/#_> School Library Journal, and the
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/jacqueline-woodson-name
d-national-ambassador-of-young-peoples-literature/2018/01/03/14a914fc-f0cf
-11e7-b390-a36dc3fa2842_story.html?utm_term=.ae14b83442e1> Washington
Post. You can learn more about the ambassadorship here
<http://www.read.gov/cfb/ambassador/about.html> .

 

 

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