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Does quality matter?

Books that children enjoy reading—however high or low they may be on the ladder of literary excellence—can be viewed as gateways to literacy.

The limits of Lexile

Miller has observed that Lexile rankings can limit young readers and aren’t always the best measure of text complexity.

Reading for your life

Our 2011 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature explains why she chose “Read for Your Life” as her platform.

Creating new images

Christopher Myers doesn’t like the way that black people are portrayed in the media.

Smoky Night

Eve Bunting talks about her Caldecott Medal-winning book about the riots in Los Angeles.

Adapting to different realities

As a young boy, Laurence Yep couldn’t find books that spoke to his cultural identity or day-to-day reality, but he could enjoy the strange, new worlds of fantasy and science fiction.

It was red-haired Annie!

Eve Bunting’s mother started a lending library in their house, but the books slowly walked away.

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