By Susan J. Berger Continue reading
Meet Your Audience and Help Kids Tell Their Own Stories
01 Friday Jun 2018
Posted Author's Perspective, Tips and Tools
in01 Friday Jun 2018
Posted Author's Perspective, Tips and Tools
inBy Susan J. Berger Continue reading
11 Friday Aug 2017
Posted Community Corner, Industry News
inMost folks in kid lit were big readers, and writers, as soon as they could string together sentences, myself included. But literacy among children isn’t a given. Kids’ book sales have been rising, which is great news, but there are still huge populations of kids who are underserved and overlooked when it comes to literacy. And that isn’t just bad for kid lit sales, it’s bad for society at large. According to the NEA, “…poor reading skills correlate heavily with lack of employment, lower wages, and fewer opportunities for advancement…And deficient readers are less likely to become active in civic and cultural life, most notably in volunteerism and voting.” Nobody wants that! So I decided to do something about it, and there’s an easy, fun way that you can too: Continue reading