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Social and Emotional Learning in the Field
A number of teachers and librarians share some of their favorite and most effective ways of incorporating social and emotional learning into their lessons.
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CASEL’S Core Competencies of Social and Emotional Learning
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning has devised a framework that highlights the five Core Competencies of social and emotional learning and includes some of the various methods for teaching them.
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The Power of Social and Emotional Learning
We spoke with educators and librarians from the Metro Nashville Public Schools district about how they’re helping students cope with crisis.
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Authors Crowdfund Online YA Anthology Project
YA authors Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma have launched a successful Indiegogo campaign for 'Foreshadow: A Serial YA Anthology,' a free, monthly online publication featuring YA short stories from underrepresented voices.
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Curiosity Books Debuts First List This Fall
Curiosity Ink Media, a recently formed media company with a mission to create original family-friendly TV and film animation and revitalize dormant properties, is launching a children’s publishing imprint.
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CBC Shares Activity Kit for National Ambassador Jacqueline Woodson
The Children's Book Council has announced the launch of an activity kit tied to author Jacqueline Woodson's tenure as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, for use in classrooms, libraries, and bookstores.
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Find Waldo Local 2018 in Photos
See photo highlights from the seventh annual Find Waldo Local promotion, which took place throughout July at 250 bookstores nationwide.
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Rights Report: Week of August 13, 2018
New deals for Karen M. McManus, Nicole Kronzer, Samantha Cohoe, and others.
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In Brief: August 16, 2018
This week, author Bree Barton tours for her YA debut; Brian Lies goes through a 'rough patch'; nonfiction authors share a table at the SCBWI conference; and authors Jon Lasser and Michael Genhart speak at the APA's annual convention.
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Shambhala Plans Spring Launch for Children’s Imprint
The Buddhist publisher is kicking off Bala Kids in spring 2019 with three titles.
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Licensing Hotline: August 2018
Read about Random House’s tie-ins to the fall movie release, 'The Grinch'; IDW’s middle-grade comic books inspired by the Marvel Universe, as well as its new GoBots series; and more licensing news.
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In Theaters: 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'
We spoke with author emily m. danforth about the film adaptation of her 2012 novel, 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post,' a queer coming-of-age story set in 1990s Montana.
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In Brief: August 9, 2018
This week, the force is with Jarrett J. Krosoczka; special guests join Kate Schatz at her book release party; young professionals celebrate Potterpalooza; J.H. Diehl holds pool parties; a bookstore offers a “book tasting” event; and Tracy Banghart and Kaitlyn Sage Patterson team up.
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HarperCollins Hosts Epic Reads Day
Last month, HarperCollins Children’s Books held its first Epic Reads Day, welcoming teen readers to the publisher’s New York offices for a celebration of young adult literature.
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Red Chair Branches Out with One Elm Books
Launching this month, the imprint will expand the independent children’s publisher’s reach to older readers, with chapter books and middle grade fiction.
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Rights Report: Week of August 6, 2018
New deals for Lisa Allen-Agostini, Alison Cherry, Gayle E. Pitman, and others.
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Children's Job Moves: July 2018
Job moves in children's literature during July 2018.
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Agent Danielle Smith’s Former Clients Speak Out
The principal of Lupine Grove Creative, an agency specializing in children’s and YA authors, has acted more like a literary grifter than a literary agent.
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Dottir Press Spotlights Feminist Children's Books
We spoke with Jennifer Baumgardner, founder of Dottir Press, about the inspiration for her female-driven publishing house, which launches this fall.
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Rights Report: Week of July 30, 2018
New deals for Lana Wood Johnson, Lisa Fiedler, Maria Romasco Moore, and others.



