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Tag: National Ambassador of Young People's Literature

March 9, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Bologna Presentations: Children’s Laureates Worldwide Assemble!

Children's laureates abound in other nations. In this program seven of them presented and I've got a video from it that's gonna knock your socks off!

January 12, 2014 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: At the speed of light, she arrives just in time . . .

Some weeks can go by without a single solitary interesting video in sight.  Other weeks, you drown in brilliance.  This week inclines far more towards the latter than the former. I could not lead off today with anything other than the latest bit of Bookie Woogie brilliance.  You keened to their 90-second rendition of Where […]

August 26, 2013 by Betsy Bird

The New National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature: Who’s It Gonna Be?

There must be a psychological disorder associated with an extreme preference for speculation over cold hard facts.  Or, at the very least, a layman’s term for it.  But until I research this fully, let us indulge my proclivities and talk a little about the National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature and all that it entails.  […]

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Fusenews: When “going green” is a bad thing

January 5, 2012 by Betsy Bird

The last time I did a Fusenews was more than a week ago.  As such my links all seem a bit out of date.  Ah well.  Let’s have fun with a partially abbreviated Fusenews today then.  However, to begin . . . Sometimes it feels like we always lose some of the best ones at […]

Who Should Be the Next National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature?

September 15, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Had a conversation with someone the other day about the next potential National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature.  A position created in 2008 by its sponsors The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and Every Child a Reader, from 2008-2009 the job went to Jon Scieszka.  In […]

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