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Jon Scieszka is First Ambassador for Young People's Literature |
| Published: January 4, 2008, 6:00 pm |
| Tags: jon scieszka, young literature, books, childrens publishing, kids books |
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Jon Scieszka, tauthor of bestselling childrens' books The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales has been named as the first national ambassador for young people's literature. Mr. Scieszka, 53, who has written more than 25 books in the last two decades, is to be named to this new position by James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress. Mr. Billington said that unlike the role of the poet laureate, which does not come with specific responsibilities, this one calls for Mr. Scieszka (pronounced SHEH-ska) to be a spokesman who will travel and speak to groups of children, parents and teachers "to evangelize the need for reading." He will also speak at Children's Book Week in New York in May and the National Book Festival in Washington in September. With the new position Mr. Scieszka said he hoped to reach out to children who are considered reluctant readers. "There's a huge population of kids who would be or can be readers, [ Full article ] |
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