On IBBY’s International Children’s Book Day: books on Amazon Crossing Kids’ list this year include titles from Asia for the first time, as editor Marilyn Brigham looks to expand the imprint’s range.
A detail from the illustrations by Ramón París for María Eugenia Manrique’s ‘The Caiman,’ releasing July 1 from Amazon Crossing Kids. Image: ACK
Update: Today (April 2) is International Children’s Book Day, as designated by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Read more about the focus here.
Marilyn Bingham: ‘The Connectedness of All People’
Something we touched on in our March 22 interview with Enchanted Lion Books’ Claudia Zoe Bedrick quickly comes to mind as Amazon Crossing Kids editor Marilyn Brigham talks through the imprint’s list of titles for 2021.
to school that your mom just talked about? well, what goes through my mind actually is there s barely anybody walking to school. it s me and my group of friends. what goes through my mind is the unsafe neighborhood i have to walk in. and i thank god that people who have volunteered crossing kids across the street because there would be bigger kids bullying the younger kids. be a lot of confusion. dawn, mayor michael nutter made a public plea for donations because of the lack of funding for school supplies. if resources are so short in philadelphia, how are kids there getting the things that they need? well, truthfully and to be honest, they are not. our children is not a charity case. our governor took $1 billion from our children s education, asking our teachers to repay