{"id":1174,"date":"2020-02-26T02:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T02:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2021-09-21T22:48:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T22:48:59","slug":"jason-reynolds-inducted-as-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/2020\/02\/26\/jason-reynolds-inducted-as-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Reynolds Inducted as National Ambassador for Young People\u2019s Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jason-reynolds-on-cbs-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jason-reynolds-on-cbs-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jason-reynolds-on-cbs-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jason-reynolds-on-cbs-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jason-reynolds-on-cbs.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CSK Award-winning author Jason Reynolds was recently named the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.read.gov\/cfb\/ambassador\/\">Library of Congress\u2019 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People\u2019s Literature<\/a>. Not only will Mr. Reynolds be showcasing his works but also inspiring a love of reading. As ambassador, he will travel the United States, with help of <a href=\"https:\/\/storycorps.org\/\">StoryCorps<\/a>, to meet and interview young people. These recordings will be added to the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When interviewed by CBS\u2019 Gayle King, Mr. Reynolds said, \u201cWith reading, it&#8217;s about giving [youth] things they want and need and showing up for them to make it real.\u201d Further, he spoke of elements of a book and hooks used to entice readers. Mr. Reynolds discussed reading his first book cover to cover at age seventeen and a half because Richard Wright\u2019s <em>Black Boy<\/em> reeled him in on the second page.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jason-reynolds-library-of-congress-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature\/\">Carla Hayden and Jason Reynolds with Gayle King on CBS This Morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Reynolds\u2019 inauguration ceremony at the Library of Congress can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6PMdtsTo0yk\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ambassador program was established in 2008 through the <a href=\"https:\/\/everychildareader.net\/ambassador\/\">LoC\u2019s Every Child a Reader program<\/a> to highlight lifelong literacy and education in the lives of young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CSK Book Awards committee would like to take this opportunity to officially offer our congratulations. This accolade is huge!&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claudette Mayne<\/strong> is a librarian with the Toronto Public Library. Her experience includes working in Outreach, Children, Digital Innovation and Accessibility Services.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSK Award-winning author Jason Reynolds was recently named the Library of Congress\u2019 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People\u2019s Literature. Not only will Mr. Reynolds be showcasing his works but also inspiring a love of reading. As ambassador, he will travel the United States, with help of StoryCorps, to meet and interview young people. These recordings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/2020\/02\/26\/jason-reynolds-inducted-as-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jason Reynolds Inducted as National Ambassador for Young People\u2019s Literature<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,24,15,8],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-1174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-award","category-author-honor","category-csk-award-winners","category-past-events-and-important-people","tag-jason-reynolds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}