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If you are in an elementary classroom that loves reading aloud, it's time to meet the publisher behind some of your absolute classroom favorites!
Nancy Paulsen, president and publisher at Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers/Penguin Random House, joins Matthew to talk about devote most of your time to the work of bringing books into the world.
Nancy Paulsen Books launched its first hardcover list in Fall 2011. The imprint publishes approximately thirty books a year and focuses on picture books that are eye-opening and empowering, and fiction from diverse and distinct voices, especially stories that are inventive and emotionally satisfying.
You know Nancy’s books and you already love her authors. I know this because these books and these voices are universally loved by readers all around the world, myself included. Think of Lynda Mullaly Hunt’s Fish in a Tree or Padma Venkatramen’s The Bridge Home or Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James’ I Am Every Good Thing or Ruth Behar’s Lucky Broken Girl any of the moving and lasting works by Jaqueline Woodson, including Brown Girl Dreaming, The Day You Begin, and Each Kindness.
Here are a few of the things I learned in this conversation:
NUMBER ONE: Nancy is a full time editor and she loves it. Different publishers take on different roles, playing to their strengths. This is one of Nancy’s great strengths and she likens it to the joy of solving a puzzle.
NUMBER TWO: Nancy seeks to publish stories she lovingly refers to as “heart-print” books. Those are the stories that leave a mark and that have the potential to stay with you your whole life.
And NUMBER THREE: Nancy loves publishing books that work well when read aloud. This spoke most strongly to me as a teacher. Not all books carry the voice to be read aloud easily or well. Knowing that this is a quality Nancy looks for is evident throughout her catalog of published titles.
Let’s get to know this one publisher’s approach a little better and, while doing so, remind ourselves that there’s nothing like a book!
Click on the link in my bio or listen wherever podcast are found! 🎧 📚 💕
@nancyrosep @penguinkids @penguinclassroom @boydsmills
Nancy Paulsen, president and publisher at Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers/Penguin Random House, joins Matthew to talk about devote most of your time to the work of bringing books into the world.
Nancy Paulsen Books launched its first hardcover list in Fall 2011. The imprint publishes approximately thirty books a year and focuses on picture books that are eye-opening and empowering, and fiction from diverse and distinct voices, especially stories that are inventive and emotionally satisfying.
You know Nancy’s books and you already love her authors. I know this because these books and these voices are universally loved by readers all around the world, myself included. Think of Lynda Mullaly Hunt’s Fish in a Tree or Padma Venkatramen’s The Bridge Home or Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James’ I Am Every Good Thing or Ruth Behar’s Lucky Broken Girl any of the moving and lasting works by Jaqueline Woodson, including Brown Girl Dreaming, The Day You Begin, and Each Kindness.
Here are a few of the things I learned in this conversation:
NUMBER ONE: Nancy is a full time editor and she loves it. Different publishers take on different roles, playing to their strengths. This is one of Nancy’s great strengths and she likens it to the joy of solving a puzzle.
NUMBER TWO: Nancy seeks to publish stories she lovingly refers to as “heart-print” books. Those are the stories that leave a mark and that have the potential to stay with you your whole life.
And NUMBER THREE: Nancy loves publishing books that work well when read aloud. This spoke most strongly to me as a teacher. Not all books carry the voice to be read aloud easily or well. Knowing that this is a quality Nancy looks for is evident throughout her catalog of published titles.
Let’s get to know this one publisher’s approach a little better and, while doing so, remind ourselves that there’s nothing like a book!
Click on the link in my bio or listen wherever podcast are found! 🎧 📚 💕
@nancyrosep @penguinkids @penguinclassroom @boydsmills
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3 months agoboydsmills
Such a great conversation!! It was so wonderful to have Nancy on campus in June!
3 months agoruthbeharauthor
It’s a joy and an honor to work with Nancy. She is an author’s dream editor. Thanks for a wonderful podcast! ❤️
3 months agoioana.hobai
It was such a pleasure and a privilege to work with Nancy on my forthcoming book. I am incredibly grateful for this amazing opportunity. ❤️
3 months agochildrensbkpod
@varshawrites May it keep you excellent company and may the words shared fill your bucket for days and weeks to come!
3 months agochildrensbkpod
We "speak well" behind your back (to borrow a phrase from Amy Poehler) about SO MANY folx, including you, @venkatraman.padma @aishacs @ruthbeharauthor @lyndamullalyhunt @varshawrites @torreymaldonado @jacqueline_woodson and @colbysharp!
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