School Library Journal

Lerner Publishing Group Receives Eight American Library Association Youth Media Awards

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Monday, January 22, 2024
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The ALA awards were announced over the weekend and at the Youth Media Awards ceremony during the LibLearnX conference in Baltimore.

Key Points: 
  • The ALA awards were announced over the weekend and at the Youth Media Awards ceremony during the LibLearnX conference in Baltimore.
  • As publisher at Kar-Ben Publishing, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, for the last twenty years, Joni has greatly increased the reach of Jewish children’s literature by producing a significant number of high-quality titles on an ever-expanding variety of Jewish topics.
  • Her efforts have put Jewish books in the eyes of the public and the hands of children on a new scale.
  • “Lerner Publishing Group is honored to receive eight ALA awards and honors in the same year,” said Adam Lerner, Publisher and CEO of Lerner Publishing Group.

Fulbright Scholar Teams Up with Ukrainian National to Publish Timely Children’s Picture Book, The Story of Ukraine

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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This bilingual English-Ukrainian picture book teaches the Ukrainian national anthem and testifies to this countrys importance for both English-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking children.

Key Points: 
  • This bilingual English-Ukrainian picture book teaches the Ukrainian national anthem and testifies to this countrys importance for both English-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking children.
  • In the months that have followed, the plight of this beloved country has been felt around the world.
  • Following his evacuation, Sampson attended peace rallies in Warsaw where he heard people singing the Ukrainian national anthem.
  • Brown Books Kids collaborated with Ukrainian publisher, Old Lion Press, to have the book printed in Ukraine.

First Women Mayors Share Their Origin Story for Read Across America

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022
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ROCKVILLE, Md., March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --On March 2, 2022, classrooms and libraries will celebrate the National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America (RAA) day.

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  • ROCKVILLE, Md., March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --On March 2, 2022, classrooms and libraries will celebrate the National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America (RAA) day.
  • Several women mayors will share the compelling, true story of Susanna Salter's shocking election with students.
  • Irvine, California Mayor Farrah N. Khan explains, it "is the story of so many of us that have broken barriers to be elected Mayors.
  • Mayor."

Encantos Announces Its First NFT Collection with Emmy-Nominated Artist Susie Jaramillo to Launch Canticos Animated Series

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Monday, January 31, 2022
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Encantos, the global web3 platform empowering creators who help kids learn, has announced that Emmy-nominated artist Susie Jaramillo will launch a series of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) based on her award-winning bilingual preschool property Canticos.

Key Points: 
  • Encantos, the global web3 platform empowering creators who help kids learn, has announced that Emmy-nominated artist Susie Jaramillo will launch a series of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) based on her award-winning bilingual preschool property Canticos.
  • The Canticos NFTs will launch in February 2022 and will be the first NFT collection launched by a creator on the Encantos platform.
  • With this NFT launch, Canticos enters its next phase of development which includes an animated series, expanded consumer products, publishing, events, and a virtual metaverse experience.
  • Im so excited to bring this unique collection of NFTs to life, said Susie Jaramillo, creator of Canticos.

Lerner Publishing Group Receives Caldecott Honor, Five Other American Library Association Youth Media Awards

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Monday, January 24, 2022
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lerner Publishing Group has received six 2022 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards.

Key Points: 
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lerner Publishing Group has received six 2022 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards.
  • Although Floyd was honored with many awards and accolades throughout his career, this is his first Caldecott Honor, as well as the first Caldecott Honor for Lerner Publishing Group.
  • We are thrilled to receive six ALA awards and honors in the same year, said Adam Lerner, Publisher and CEO of Lerner Publishing Group.
  • Carolrhoda Books , an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group , creates high-quality fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults.

Scholastic To Publish A New Graphic Novel By Dav Pilkey, The #1 Global Bestselling Author And Award-Winning Illustrator Of Dog Man

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Thursday, December 2, 2021
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School Library Journal, also in a starred review, raved that Cat Kid Comic Club is "Colorful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny.

Key Points: 
  • School Library Journal, also in a starred review, raved that Cat Kid Comic Club is "Colorful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny.
  • The launch of Cat Kid Comic Club marked Dav Pilkey's 34 years of publishing bestselling and award-winning books for children.
  • His first graphic novel, The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, was published in 2002, fourteen years before the release of the first Dog Man graphic novel.
  • All ten books in the Dog Man series published to date have clinched the #1 overall spot on renowned bestseller lists.

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre from Carolrhoda Books® Named a 2021 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book

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Friday, November 12, 2021
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nov. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, published by Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, by celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and acclaimed illustrator Floyd Cooper has been named a 2021 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Childrens Book .

Key Points: 
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nov. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, published by Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, by celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and acclaimed illustrator Floyd Cooper has been named a 2021 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Childrens Book .
  • Previously, Unspeakable was also longlisted for the National Book Awards, named a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nonfiction Honor Book, and was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize.
  • The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, had its own school system, libraries, churches, restaurants, post office, movie theaters, and more.
  • Carolrhoda authors and illustrators have been honored with awards such as the Coretta Scott King Book Award, the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, and the Jane Addams Childrens Book Award.

Kao Kalia Yang’s New Picture Book From the Tops of the Trees Tells the True Story of the Love Between a Father and a Daughter

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
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For Kalia and her cousins, life isnt always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog.

Key Points: 
  • For Kalia and her cousins, life isnt always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog.
  • Just four years old, Kalia is still figuring out her place in the world.
  • Praise for The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang:
    "A deep and moving reflection on enduring hardship and generational love.
  • We believe that all children should be able to find themselves in the pages of a book.

Parents of Young Children are Very Concerned about Keeping Kids Healthy from COVID, Social-Emotional Development, as New School Year Begins

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Thursday, August 19, 2021
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Only 26% of respondents said they were comfortable with in-person schooling, and 95% reported concern over their child catching COVID.

Key Points: 
  • Only 26% of respondents said they were comfortable with in-person schooling, and 95% reported concern over their child catching COVID.
  • Many parents said they are nervous about school protocols, including lack of mask mandates, large class sizes, and fewer options for remote learning.
  • Seventy-five percent of parents said they were concerned about their children's social and emotional learning, compared to 58% of parents who said they were very concerned or a little concerned with academics this school year.
  • "We are proud to work with Big Heart World and other partners to address parents' biggest concerns as kids get back to school this year."

LaundryCares Free Laundry and Literacy Day Event in Denver, CO

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Monday, August 2, 2021
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Free Laundry & Literacy Day events provide free laundry services and cleaning products plus free food and fun activities for children and adults to enjoy.

Key Points: 
  • Free Laundry & Literacy Day events provide free laundry services and cleaning products plus free food and fun activities for children and adults to enjoy.
  • Similar learning spaces have been launched in laundromats across the nation through the Laundry Literacy Coalition a partnership between Too Small to Fail and the LaundryCares Foundation.
  • With that in mind, Iliff Coin Laundry, the LaundryCares Foundation, and Too Small to Fail are excited and honored to offer a day of free laundry services for people in the neighborhood.
  • Guests can bring an unlimited amount of laundry to the event and will receive free laundry products to help clean their clothes.