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PRH Donates 50,000 Books to NBF’s Book Rich Environments Program

In the Spring of 2021, Penguin Young Readers and Random House Children’s Books donated a combined 50,000 books to the Book Rich Environments (BRE) program via the National Book Foundation. Penguin Random House has supported the BRE program since its inception in 2017.

Over one million new, acclaimed, diverse books have been donated and distributed since the program was launched. Continue reading →

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Penguin Random House Education Delivers Classroom Libraries

The PRH team (left to right) Travis Temple, Sean Williams, and Ayeshia Meite

Penguin Random House Education brought its commitment to literacy and promoting reading to a new level a few weeks ago with a personal delivery of Classroom Libraries to P.S. 273 Wortman in Brooklyn. Earlier this summer, the school reached out to us to help support their students’ literacy growth with Classroom Libraries.

When we learned they had no way to move books into the building, we gathered a small team of PRH volunteers: Travis Temple, Director, Sales PreK-12 Education; Sean Williams, Manager, Sales Operations; and Ayeshia Meite, Sales Assistant, Education. The team made the journey out to the school on a rainy Monday morning to receive the shipment and unpack the books into the building. Continue reading →

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Brightly Storytime Passes 100,000 Subscribers on YouTube

Brightly Storytime, the YouTube channel of ReadBrightly.com that features video read-alongs of PRH picture books, passed 100,000 subscribers earlier this month. This puts it in approximately the top .61% of all YouTube channels. To celebrate, we emailed questions to Charlotte Lesnick, the video producer in Consumer Marketing who manages all Brightly Storytime content. Continue reading →

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Ballantine Author Doree Shafrir Reminds Us to Live Life at Our Own Pace

Doree Shafrir, author of THANKS FOR WAITING: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer, published by Ballantine, reminds readers that it’s OK to live life at your own speed. In her debut memoir, Shafrir explores the enormous pressure people, especially women, feel to hit particular milestones by a certain age and how we can redefine what it means to be a late bloomer. She writes about everything from dating to infertility, to how friendships evolve as you get older, to why being pregnant at forty-one is unexpectedly freeing—all with the goal of appreciating the lives we’ve lived so far and the lives we still hope to live.

In this Behind the Pages Igloo feature, we gain insights into the creation of THANKS FOR WAITING from the book’s author and editor. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Essays

Whether personal, expository, analytical or persuasive – a good essay is a marvel. The most compelling essays to read are often a blend of type, propelled by intellectual curiosity but with a strong narrative, even autobiographical, element. We recommend you stay cool and enter the realm of the essay in these exemplary collections: Continue reading →

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LitWorld Hosts World of Stories Virtual Gala

LitWorld, a longtime, valued Penguin Random House partner, hosted the World of Stories Virtual Gala that, thanks to substantial community support, raised an additional $52,000 for Litworld’s spring campaign to bring the joy of learning to children, from Pakistan to the Philippines. Continue reading →

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Tonight: Kristen Radtke Discusses Her New Book and the Epidemic of Loneliness via Zoom

Kristen Radtke, author of SEEK YOU: A Journey Through American Loneliness (Pantheon), will be in conversation with Leslie Jamison at a virtual event hosted by the Center for Fiction (Brooklyn, NY) via Zoom tonight, Tuesday, July 6 at 6:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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There’s a Book For That: Summer Vacation

Are you ready for a summer vacation? Whether or not you have one scheduled, escape awaits you in our selection of summer vacation fiction below. These are novels with relationships at their core set in summery surroundings around the world. Your ticket to mystery, romance, Italy, Scotland, Palm Springs, Malibu, Cape Cod, The Catskills, and more…awaits! Continue reading →

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Newbery Winner Tae Keller’s Moving Acceptance Speech

Tae Keller, author of the 2021 Newbery Medal winning book, WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER (Random House Books for Young Readers), delivered her acceptance speech at the virtual 2021 American Library Association (ALA) Newbery Caldecott Legacy Awards Ceremony on Sunday, June 27. Continue reading →

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PRH Supports Save the Children’s 100 Days of Reading, Teams With zulily for “Buy 1, Give 1” Campaign

Penguin Random House is supporting our longstanding partner Save the Children for its “100 Days of Reading” campaign. The campaign was created to foster continuous learning over the summer months and to ensure that children in rural America, many of whom have limited or no access to books, have the opportunity to keep reading. Continue reading →

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