Kids
read books every day. Books their teachers assign, books their librarians
recommend, books their parents give them. But where do books really come from
and how does a seedling of an idea in an author's mind turn into the actual
thing a student holds in his or her hands? "The Life of a Book" is an
interactive presentation designed to explain to students the steps it takes to
become part of the publishing family and usher a book through this remarkable
process.*
Through
the very unique perspectives and experiences of established editors and
marketers in the industry, our goal is to shed light on publishing overall,
show the creativity and work that goes into every aspect of making a book, and
explain the steps students can take themselves to eventually become a part of
the process-whether it's as an editor, an author, an agent, or a marketer.
CBC
Diversity Partners, all experts in the industry, will be available to visit or
Skype with classrooms during Children’s Book Week, the longest-running literacy
initiative in the country, May 7th-13th. For further
inquiries about this program, or to make an appearance request, please email your
questions and information to cbcdiversity@cbcbooks.org.
*Please note that this program can be adapted
for students in elementary school, middle school, or high school and will last no longer than 45 minutes.
In that category, Rumer Godden gave me permission to write. Kipling both enchanted and troubled me; only many years later did I understand my own need to write about the country he depicted with his strange colonial mixture of tenderness and disdain. But as a child of the late 1950s growing up in India, I cut my reading teeth on Enid Blyton. 
