The First Books that Opened Your Minds
To start the final week of NYC Neighborhood Library Awards nominations, Young Adult novelists Rebecca Stead, Newbery Award-winning author of the YA novels When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, First Light and Goodbye Stranger (Wendy Lamb Books, 2015), and Daniel José Older, the author of the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series from Penguin's Roc Books and the Kirkus Prize-nominated Young Adult novel, Shadowshaper (Scholastic's Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015), talk about the mind-opening effect of reading fiction for children and teens.
→ And don't forget to vote: the nominating period for the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards continues. Click here to nominate your local library for a chance to win $20,000.
→ What work of fiction made YOU more open-minded? We're compiling a list of fictional works that made you less certain about your opinions using The List App. Download the app (it's free) to add to our list, and tweet your suggestions using #FictionOpensMinds.
Now: young adult novelists @djolder + @rebstead talk about fiction's impact on young minds. #FictionOpensMinds pic.twitter.com/k33iN8VEq4
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 14, 2015
