Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Jessica Galán Talks About Her WhySeptember 11, 2019 | Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices“I would hope that my reader understands the power of malleability, that they can be easily reshaped in the midst ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Trisha Tobias Talks About Her WhySeptember 11, 2019 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News“When I'm writing, the young person in my mind is teenage me--one of many young black girls looking for herself in ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Daria Peoples Talks About Her WhySeptember 10, 2019 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News“I create now for children because I never want them to stop becoming.”—Daria Peoples We asked Daria, a 2019-2020 ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Nathalie Alonso Talks About Her WhySeptember 6, 2019 | Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices“As a nonfiction picture book writer, I imagine a reader who is fascinated by the world around him, a reader who ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Adriana De Persia Colón Talks About Her WhySeptember 4, 2019 | Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices“I like to write about kids who realize they were powerful all along."—Adriana De Persia Colón We asked Adriana, ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Gerry Himmelreich Talks About His WhyAugust 24, 2019 | Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Native Creatives“I write for those Native kids who want to see our gods, heroes, relatives and tricksters still walking among us, ...
Fellows Announced for the 2019-2020 Highlights Foundation Diversity FellowshipMay 14, 2019 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Essential Conversations, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices, Muslim StorytellersTen Fellows have been named in the inaugural Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellowship. Working with celebrated ...
Meet the Mentors for the 2019-2020 Highlights Foundation Diversity FellowshipMay 11, 2019 | Asian American Voices, Essential Conversations, Highlights Foundation NewsWe're excited to welcome these Mentors for our inaugural Diversity Fellowship season! They will be dedicated to ...
Announcing the Recipients of the 2019 Artist-in-Residency and Visual Arts ScholarshipsFebruary 11, 2019 | Highlights Foundation NewsScholarships were named for our Artist-in-Residency Nikki Grimes and Visual Artist Shadra Strickland to honor ...By: Nikki GrimesShadra Strickland
Honoring Peter P. Jacobi, Long-Time Foundation Faculty MemberJune 10, 2018 | Campus Happenings, Highlights Foundation News, NonfictionAs you may know, we hold our faculty in high regard, and keep them close to us! So you can imagine our melancholy ...
The Highlights Foundation Visits the Children’s Book PodcastMay 4, 2018 | Highlights Foundation NewsExecutive Director George Brown and Program Director Alison Green Myers paid a visit to Matthew Winner's ...
George Brown Elected Executive Director of the Highlights FoundationApril 20, 2018 | Highlights Foundation NewsDear Friends of the Highlights Foundation, I am thrilled to be your new Executive Director (read the press ...