As part of the #KidsLoveNonfiction campaign, on February 14, 2022 (Valentine's Day), Mary Ann Cappiello, Professor of Language and Literacy at Lesley University, and Xenia Hadjioannou, Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education at Penn State Harrisburg, will send a letter to The New York Times requesting that the paper add three children's nonfiction bestseller lists to parallel the existing picture book, middle grade, and young adult lists, which focus on fiction. 

This change will align the children's lists with the adult bestseller lists, which separate nonfiction and fiction. It will also acknowledge the incredible vibrancy of children's nonfiction available today and support the substantial body of research showing that many children prefer nonfiction and still others enjoy fiction and nonfiction equally.

Attached you will find a copy of their letter to The New York Times. If you support this request, please follow the link below and add your signature via a Google form. Your name and affiliation will be added to the letter but your email address will remain private.

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Please feel free to forward this email to other educators and librarians who you think would also be interested in signing. Dr. Cappiello and Dr. Hadjioannou hope to have as many cosigners as possible before February 14th, when they submit their letter to The New York Times. 

On February 14, the hashtag #KidsLoveNonfiction will be used on social media to share and show support for the letter.

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Bernadette  :)

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Bernadette Lear
Librarian
Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg Library
She/Her/Hers,Ms.
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