From Brazil, China, India, and the UAE, five children's book publishers spoke the growing urgency to build young readership as competitive digital enticements grow more seductive.

 

'To my mind, freedom of expression is a basic human right,' says the Pulitzer-winning Jennifer Egan as she takes over from Andrew Solomon as president of PEN America.

 

Children's publisher Scholastic has put out the call for applications from journalism-minded young people for the 2018-2019 school year.