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List . Booktv wants to know. Gene yang is a graphic novelist and new National Ambassador for young peoples literature. Tell me what that position means. Its kind of an amazing thing. Be the National Ambassador for young peoples literature, as a position, was started in 2008, and every term is two years. The whole point is to get both more kids reading and kids reading more. Host more kids reading. How do you do that . Whats the end game . Guest well, i do a bunch of appearances. I speak at book festivals and at schools. And were also doing a lot of online things. So ive started two blogs, one about my writing process, one about what im reading, and were also doing a video podcast where i interview people about what books influence them. Host this position was created by the library of congress. Guest uhhuh. In conjunction with Childrens Book council. Host okay. How did they reach out to you . Guest i got a call from my editor. I dont even know how the Selection Process works. Host you
United-statesNew-yorkChinaChineseAmericaAmericanBeverly-clearyMarc-siegelHarry-potterLisa-brownLloyd-alexanderNational-ambassadorReading. Every ambassador picks a platform that they want to work on. I want kids to get outside of their comfort zone. I want them to read books about people that dont look or live like that. And then third i want them to read in formats that they may not be familiar with. A lot of my friends would only read those books. And nowadays i see kids are exactly the opposite. For those i want them to find a chapter book. You talk about diversity in your book. We need diverse books. What is the Current Publishing landscape in regards to diversity in characters and authors and publishing. I think the push is readers want to books books that reflect the world that they grew up in. We live in an incredibly diverse world. We want that reflected. I deftly think its taking steps in the right direction but we need those played out. Theres still a lot to do. Who did you identify with garnet. Its a strange thing. It was a really big deal when i was a kid when a chinese or chineseamerican showed up on
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