Inauguration of Jacqueline Woodson as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/06/18
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The Library of Congress in collaboration with the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader inaugurated Jacqueline Woodson as the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Speaker Biography: Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress. Speaker Biography: Gene Yang was the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature from 2016 to 2017. Speaker Biography: Carl Lennertz is the executive director of the Children's Book Council. Speaker Biography: Jacqueline Woodson is the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature from 2018 to 2019. For transcript and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8247
