Sentences with phrase «national ambassador»

Award - winning author Jacqueline Woodson, who identifies as queer and is raising two children, has been named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Children's Book Council, Every Child a Reader, and the Library of Congress.

This year Neighbour Day has been honoured to have Senior Australian of the Year, the Hon Fred Chaney AO and Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis come on board as National Ambassadors for Neighbour Day.

Last Friday, I posted that award - winning author Jacqueline Woodson, who also happens to be a queer mom of color, had been named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Morgan Carey, founder and CEO of Real Estate Webmasters, saw Easter Seals National Ambassador Brandon Liston speak at the Century 21 Canada Conference and learned how the Kids to Camp program helps kids and families living with disabilities.

THE DREAM OF AMERICA by Jacqueline Woodson (August) The first middle grade novel in six years by four time Newbery Honor winner and current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Forthcoming titles include The Prince: A Selection Novella by Kiera Cass, a companion to the New York Times bestseller The Selection; Tags, a one - act play by National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Walter Dean Myers; and One Day More, a prequel novella to bestselling author Aprilynne Pike's forthcoming novel, Life After Theft.

American Humane has a team of National Ambassadors, celebrity judges, and...

Century 21 Canada has enlisted the voice of 15 - year - old Brandon Liston to launch the charity's first National Ambassador Program in the country.

January 5, 2016 • The selection of graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang as the latest National Ambassador for Young People's Literature signals an important shift in the effort to reunite kids and comics.

The team of new athletes joins national ambassadors, London 2012 Gold medallist Jessica Ennis - Hill, Olympic sprint legend Darren Campbell, and history making Olympic Gold medal winning boxer Katie Taylor, who is Sky Sports Living for Sport Ambassador in Ireland.

Myers served as the third National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2012 - 2013), authored over a hundred titles, and won countless awards, including two Newbery Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, the Michael L. Printz Award, and was a three - time National Book Award finalist.

With pride, Shelley shares that Kiku has been named the AKC national ambassador for the Akita breed for her teaching contributions!

In the process, they touched the hearts and the lives of the people who loved them at the Sanctuary, while also becoming national ambassadors for other dogs forced into illegal dog fighting.

1) National ambassadors from all 28 member states will meet to discuss the proposed changes on Wednesday 6 December, ahead of an expected agreement by energy ministers at the energy council on 18 December.

Rin and I have both recently come on board as National Ambassadors for the Read More

Century 21 Canada founder U. Gary Charlwood presented the donation to Easter Seals National Ambassador 16 - year - old Brandon Liston at the company's recent awards event in Moncton.

Katherine Paterson, two - time winner of both the National Book Award (The Great Gilly Hopkins and The Master Puppeteer) and Newbery Medal (Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I loved), is the second person to be named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.

HIGH - DEMAND BACKSTORY: Books by the two - time Newbery medalist and former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature are always publishing events, and this will be no exception.

A two - time Newbery Medal winner and the current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Kate DiCamillo has a new title: National Summer Reading Champion.

American Humane has a team of National Ambassadors, celebrity judges, and supporters that includes Whoopi Goldberg, Betty White, Victoria Stilwell, Candy Spelling, Megyn Price, Ashley Rhodes - Courter, top chef Fabio Viviani, Orlando Brown, Stacie Turner, the band Stealing Angels, Steve Dale, Tinsley Mortimer, and National Spokesdogs Rin Tin Tin and Princess Zelda.

Now the WNBA star will serve as the first national ambassador to help promote awareness of the tick - borne disease.

Corey Feldman (c.) has joined CHILD USA as a national ambassador in support of the organization's efforts to pass the Child Victims Act in New York.

Feldman, who says he was abused as a child actor, has joined CHILD USA as a national ambassador talking about the issue and has agreed to support the organization's efforts to get the Child Victims Act passed in New York.

We contacted DiCamillo, who is a two - time Newbery Medal winner and now both the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature AND the National Summer Reading Champion, to talk about summer reading and just how awesome it is:

Paterson, a Newbery Medalist and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, writes from her own abiding faith as she adds her careful embroidery to Saint Francis» canticle.

In 2010, Walter was the United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and in 2012 he was appointed the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving a two - year tenure in the position.

In 2012 he was appointed the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and served for two years.

A hilarious saga of growing up in a household with five brothers during the 1950s and 1960s by the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, illustrated with candid pictures from the period.

The Dream of America by Jacqueline Woodson Nancy Paulsen • August 28 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Woodson takes a cue from The Breakfast Club in her upcoming novel centered on a group of six vastly different middle school classmates who are thrown together — seemingly at random — by their teacher.

This week, the Library of Congress appointed graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang as the 2015 - 2016 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

I'm so excited and honored to be appointed the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature!

Congratulations on being named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature!

After being named as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2014 - 2015), Camillo snagged her second Newbery Medal, for her hilarious and heartwarming middle grade novel, Flora & Ulysses.

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and has written and drawn many graphic novels, including American Born Chinese, which was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of YALSA's 2007 Printz Award and an Eisner Award.

He is the first graphic novelist to be named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Recently, Gene Luen Yang, who has had several titles published through First Second, was named the first ever graphic novelist to be the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Buddy suffered from kidney failure, and his owner, Morris Frank, then the national ambassador for the Seeing Eye, sought Dr. Morris's advice.

After six years, in 2012, he cycled off the Board of Directors of the American Humane Association and served as a National Ambassador.

In 2012, after six years, he cycled off the Board of the American Humane Association and served as a National Ambassador.

Appearing frequently in the global media, Stilwell is widely recognized as a leader in the field of animal behavior and serves as a National Ambassador for the American Humane Association and is on the Advisory Boards of both RedRover and DogTV.

One person raising $ 2,100 is an amazing gesture of generosity,» says 15 - year - old Brandon Liston, Easter Seals National Ambassador.

As national ambassador, he will travel to key events across the country speaking on behalf of Easter Seals kids to build awareness for families living with disabilities.