National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance

National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance (NCBLA) is an American non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of literacy, literature, and libraries for young people. It was founded in 1997 by Mary Brigid Barrett.

NCBLA organized the production of the book Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (ISBN 978-0763620677) in 2008, in collaboration with Candlewick Press and 108 children's book authors and illustrators.^[1]

The board of directors currently includes: Matthew Tobin Anderson, Natalie Babbitt, Mary Brigid Barrett, Susan Cooper, Carol Greenwald, Nikki Grimes, Steven Kellogg, Lou Laste, Stephanie Loer, David Macaulay, Patricia MacLachlan, Gregory Maguire, Frederick McKissack and Patricia McKissack, Grant Oliphant, Linda Sue Park, Katherine Paterson, and Sarah T. Truslow.

References

1. ^ The White House Book Project

External links

• The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance

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