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@Lee and Low Books is thrilled to be the recipient of the 2024 ALAN Award, marking the first time a publishing company has been honored! 🎉 Read the press release to learn more about the award and why we were selected. https://alan-ya.org/2024/06/28/press-release-alan-award-2024/ Press Release: Lee & Low wins the ALAN Award 2024 The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) is pleased to announce Lee & Low Books as the recipient of the 2024 ALAN Award. The award honors those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. Join us at the ALAN Breakfast to celebrate Lee & Low’s remarkable accomplishments. Lee & Low Books is the largest independent multicultural children’s book publisher in the United States. The family-run and certified 100% Minority Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) produces award-winning, high-quality books that are about everyone, for everyone — from picture books to middle grade and young adult novels as well as a wide selection of bilingual and Spanish language titles. Lee & Low’s commitment to greater representation in the publishing industry is reflected in the often-cited Diversity Baseline Survey and in the writing contests for unpublished writers of color or Indigenous/Native writers: New Voices Award and New Visions Award. The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) is pleased to announce Lee & Low Books as the recipient of the 2024 ALAN Award. The award honors those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. Join us at the ALAN Breakfast to celebrate Lee & Low’s remarkable accomplishments. Lee & Low Books is the largest independent multicultural children’s book publisher in the United States. The family-run and certified 100% Minority Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) produces award-winning, high-quality books that are about everyone, for everyone — from picture books to middle grade and young adult novels as well as a wide selection of bilingual and Spanish language titles. Lee & Low’s commitment to greater representation in the publishing industry is reflected in the often-cited Diversity Baseline Survey and in the writing contests for unpublished writers of color or Indigenous/Native writers: New Voices Award and New Visions Award. Over the decades since they were founded, Lee & Low Books has pushed for industry change in remarkable ways and established inventive and sustainable initiatives to support and nurture many authors and illustrators, increasing diversity in the literature available to librarians, educators, and most importantly, young readers. Publisher Jason Low will provide remarks on behalf of Lee & Low Books at the upcoming ALAN breakfast to be held on November 23, during the 2024 NCTE Conference in Boston, MA. The members of the 2024 ALAN Award Committee are Chair Dr. Rob Bittner, Past Chair Shalonda Foster, Tracey Flores, Morgan Jackson, and Karimah Tennyson-Marsh. Register for the ALAN Breakfast at https://convention.ncte.org/2024-convention/ when you register for NCTE and/or ALAN. Want to build a more inclusive collection for your classroom, school, or district this coming school year? Contact our Educational Sales Team for a quote. https://forms.zohopublic.com/leelowbooks/form/CustomizedClassroomLibraries/formperma/CRtCjpJj9zq1uJWpzaZbPECb1ZEZCgleefFo4XN3Xak Join us for a free webinar [ https://forms.zohopublic.com/leelowbooks/form/SIGNUPTODAYWonderKnowledgeandJoyinEarlyLiteracyWeb/formperma/5fmerC2iAPgQGUj5xRK7dYBSVr4X5hLTcfrsZ3CvRHk ] on Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET with Dr. Barbara Flores, professor, expert bilingual educator, and creator of the groundbreaking Bebop Más Piñata Series. [ https://www.leeandlow.com/imprints/mas-pinata ] She will lead an inspiring discussion on nurturing essential early literacy skills for the start of the school year.

@TroyDon't expect anything but a lot of misogynistic ad hominem tripe from nels if he responds at all to your challenge about Kamala and Obama's qualifications. I am not a big fan of Kamala Harris because I'm a catty female. Truth be told, VP Harris has a superb resume when it comes to being qualified for office. nels' excoriation of Obama is motivated, above all, by jealousy. nels needs to go take a seat next to Tim Scott, Byron Donalds, and that airhead Amber Rose over there in the "colored only" section of the Retrumpican party.

Seriously? This statement isn't even worth the temptation to insult. Michelle Obama is at the bottom of the barrel, just like her deceiving husband who duped black America into voting for him twice. The Obamas are nothing but spineless manipulative puppets.

Black Writers Weekend is August 1-4, and I'm looking forward to it. I'll have advance copies of A Palmetto Christmas as well as a few more titles at my table, and I'll be participating on the Friday, 1:30 PM panel, Beyond Boundaries: Afrofuturism, Identity, and Imagination with Jessica Cage , & Tiara Janté, moderated by Mark T. Sneed, in the Jordan Room at the Riverside Epicenter. See you there! https://blackwritersweekend.com/

Yep Everybody for the most part is playing by the decency rule book...being the bigger person or as Michelle Obama put it - When they go low we go high... Trump on the other hand is a maverick and plays by his own rules.....remember Trump made fun of the Paul Pelosi beat down - then retracked it. His own Secretary Of Defense Mark Esper said Trump ask if he could shoot the George Floyd Demonstrators. But will this method work to the Democrats advantage when we are dealing with individuals who are die heart bible thumping evangelicals...A resounding No in my opinion An a appeal to Reason Logics and Rationality will not convince the die hearts....like the youtube below Trump’s 40 Biggest Broken Promises Revealed | Robert Reich To thin his base of die hearts an appeal to emotions is the only way....