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National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature speaks at Neosho Neosho Daily News On Apr. 7, Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, spoke virtually to students at the Jefferson Street Campus (JSC), the junior high and high school as part of his two-week virtual tour this spring. Reynolds was appointed the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Librarian of Congress as an initiative of the Library of Congress. His two-year term includes tours across small towns in America with the purpose of expounding on his platform, “GRAB THE MIC:...
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature to speak at Neosho Neosho Daily News Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, will be speaking to Neosho junior high and high school as part of his two-week virtual tour this spring on Apr. 7. In support of Reynolds tour, The Library of Congress has purchased paperback copies of Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks for Neosho as well as 11 other middle and high schools that were chosen from more than 200 proposals. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks was named a Best Book of 2019 by NPR, The New Yor...
Jason Reynolds Embarks on Second National Ambassador Tour This Spring By Cady Zeng | Apr 01, 2021 Acclaimed author Jason Reynolds will set out on his second two-week virtual tour this spring as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. In the eight appearances scheduled for April, Reynolds will connect with students from 12 middle schools and high schools in underserved communities for 45 minutes each, discussing his role as Ambassador with an educator or other professional and conversing with two student “ambassadors.” The participating schools were sele...