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An Important Job: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
I started writing books for children because I love reading picture books out loud to kids. But I started loving reading because my mom read picture books out loud to me. My mom and dad divorced when I was one, and she took being a single mom very seriously. She...
ALA Annual 2025
The last time I’d been to Philadelphia was for the American Library Association Midwinter Conference. It was January 2020, just-pre-pandemic crisis in the U.S., and turned out to be the last Midwinter conference in that form. This year’s ALA Annual Conference in Philly had its share of remembering and reminiscing but...
FREADOM Town Hall & Rally
If you're in the DC area, check out FREADOM Town Hall & Rally on May 31 at 5:00 PM ET at the MLK Library (and streaming on YouTube @dcpubliclibrary). Speakers include past National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds and Meg Medina (read their recent call to action), "warrior librarian" Tracie D. Hall,...
Past National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature speak out
Social-media-savvy Cindy saw this fantastic message pop up earlier today, first on Katherine Paterson's Facebook page, then Kate DiCamillo's, Meg Medina's, and on. All past, living (RIP Walter Dean Myers 2012–2013) National Ambassadors for Young People’s Literature have signed and released this letter in support of the recently dismissed Dr....
Librarians with Superpowers Redux 2025
Publishers Weekly has helpful (and hopeful) continuing coverage of the Library of Congress, with this story posted yesterday: "U.S. Executive and Legislative Branches Battle at the LoC." We often talk, somewhat tongue-in-cheekily, about "Librarians with Superpowers," but it's not really a joke: this profession requires smarts, compassion, AND fortitude. For...
Once a youth services librarian...
Photo by Shawn Miller, Library of Congress. The best youth services librarians are a special character of human. Warm, smart, creative, curious, patient, constant, strong; shaped by their service to young people, their appreciation for books and reading, the courage of their convictions, and their professional expertise in a challenging...
Five Questions for Lizzo's Library of Congress Hosts
In addition to being a GRAMMY, NAACP Image Award, and MTV Award-winning songwriter and recording artist, Lizzo trained as a classical flutist. Since she hit the global music scene, her fans have been treated to flute cameos during Lizzo shows and occasional flute-related entertainment on her social feeds. Her visit...
A Note from Me (Nov 20, 2020)
Dear friends: I can still hear Carla Hayden’s voice, forty years ago, as she was describing the allure of Flowers in the Attic to the era’s younger teens. “Because of all the forbidden stuff,” she said to me, giving the word all the mystery and danger it deserves. Kids (who...
Making a Difference in Our Nation’s Library: An Interview with Dr. Carla Hayden
In 2016 Dr. Carla Hayden was confirmed as the fourteenth Librarian of Congress — the first African American and the first woman to hold that position. Horn Book editor in chief Roger Sutton and Dr. Hayden go way back, to their days at the Graduate Library School at the University...
I wish librarians ran the world
Photo by Shawn Miller, Library of CongressI really enjoyed my interview with old school chum Carla Hayden in her Librarian of Congress office (with a beautiful view of the Capitol dome that nevertheless uneasily reminded me of way too many summer movies of the apocalyptic bent!). In the main, we...
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