CCBC Director Kathleen T. Horning was interviewed along with author Renée Watson as part of a story on CBS This Morning on the importance of diverse books. The story also featured the CCBC diversity statistics.
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CCBC Open By Appointment This Summer
Beginning Monday, June 7, the CCBC will be open by appointment to individuals on a limited basis Monday – Friday. We will follow UW-Madison COVID policies for summer and all visitors must also do so. …
Recent CCBC Web Site Additions
Recent additions to the CCBC web site highlight the library’s work in diversity in literature for children and teens and intellectual freedom, including: Diversifying Your Classroom Bookshelf with the CCBC : A presentation by librarians …
CCBC Diversity Statistics in the News
CCBC Director Kathleen T. Horning was interviewed for a March 16, 2021 AP news story focusing on diversity in literature for children and teens. The library’s work documenting diversity in children’s and young adult literature …
CCBC Choices 2021 Available
CCBC Choices 2021, the most recent edition of the CCBC’s annual best-of-the-year list, is now available. For decades the annual list has been published as a fully annotated printed booklet. This year’s list, recommending 257 …
CCBC in the News
The January/February 2021 issue of The Horn Book Magazine featured two pieces by by CCBC librarians: “CCBC Diversity Statistics: New Categories, New Data” by Madeline Tyner looks at our diversity statistics for 2019 “Sometimes You …
Charlotte Zolotow Award Change Due to COVID
The term of the current Charlotte Zolotow Award has been extended for an additional year due to challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021-2022 Charlotte Zolotow Award will consider eligible books published during both the …
New CCBC Web Site Offers Robust Book Search, Much More
With today’s launch of the new Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) web site, the children’s and young adult literature library of the UW-Madison School of Education is providing Wisconsin librarians, teachers and others new ways …
CCBC Diversity Statistics for 2019
It took a bit longer than usual with the challenges presented by COVID-19, but our Diversity Statistics for 2019 are now compiled.
CCBC Featured in UW-Madison Alumni Magazine
The CCBC is the subject of a feature story in the Spring 2020 edition of On Wisconsin, the UW-Madison alumni magazine.