Interview with the Ambassadors: A Different Approach to Being an Ambassador
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Channel: Library of Congress · 2010 · Education
Following the Jan. 5, 2010, ceremony announcing the appointment of Katherine Paterson as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2010-2011, Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for 2008-2009, interviewed his successor. They discussed a wide range of issues, both serious and humorous, in a room in the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building. Speaker Biography: Jon Scieszka is author of such children's classics as "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," "Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka" and "Robot Zot." He was National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in 2008-2009. Speaker Biography: Katherine Paterson is the acclaimed author of "Bridge to Terabithia," "Jacob Have I Loved" and "The Day of the Pelican." She is National Ambassador for 2010-2011.
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