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Can I Touch Your Hair? and the N-Bomb: What is appropriate for children?

Can I Touch Your Hair? and the N-Bomb: What is appropriate for children?

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books A customer on Amazon recently expressed concerns that the book Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship is not appropriate for elementary students because it includes a poem called “The N-Bomb” that references the existence of the N-word (though doesn’t […]Read more "Can I Touch Your Hair? and the N-Bomb: What is appropriate for children?"
Visit Lerner at ALA!

Visit Lerner at ALA!

By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist Headed to ALA Annual this weekend? In between jockeying for a seat at Michelle Obama’s keynote and stargazing at Emilio Estevez’s film screening, visit Lerner in booth 3522 to learn more about our books and to meet some of our authors and illustrators!Read more "Visit Lerner at ALA!"
Sea Otter Heroes Receives Sibert Honor

Sea Otter Heroes Receives Sibert Honor

By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist This morning at the American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards, Patricia Newman’s Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem was named a 2018 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book! The Sibert Medal and Honors are awarded annually to outstanding informational picture books for young readers.Read more "Sea Otter Heroes Receives Sibert Honor"

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