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reading. 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 don t 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 it s taking steps in the right direction but we need those played out. there s still a lot to do. who did you identify with garnet. it s a strange thing. it was a really big deal when i was a kid when a chinese or chinese-amer
United-statesChinaChineseAmericaAmericanHarry-potterLloyd-alexander list? booktv wants to know. gene yang is a graphic novelist and new national ambassador for young people s literature. tell me what that position means. it s kind of an amazing thing. be the national ambassador for young people s 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? what s the end game? guest: well, i do a bunch of appearances. i speak at book festivals and at schools. and we re also doing a lot of online things. so i ve started two blogs, one about my writing process, one about what i m reading, and we re 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: uh-huh. in conjunction with children s book council. host: okay. how did they reach out to you? guest: i got a call from my editor. i don t even know how
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