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Gene Luen Yang Named 5th National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ The Children's Book Council (CBC), Every Child a Reader (ECAR), and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress (CFB) have announced the appointment of Gene Luen Yang, Printz Award winner and two-time National Book Award finalist, as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The program was established by the three organizations in 2008 to highlight the importance of young people's literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education, and the development and betterment of the lives of young people. Yang will travel nationwide over the course of his two-year term promoting his platform, 'Reading Without Walls,' showing kids and teens that reading is a vital part of their lives, and speaking to parents, teachers, librarianseveryone invested in young people's literacyabout how better to connect with kids and teens and help them love reading. Yang succeeds beloved and esteemed authors Jon Scieszka (20082009), Katherine Paterson (20102011), Walter Dean Myers (20122013), and Kate DiCamillo (20142015) in the position. Gene Luen Yang is the first-ever graphic novelist to be named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

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