SCBWI Initiative: Lin Oliver on Books For Readers

By Gayleen Rabakukk
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators recently announced a new initiative: Books for Readers. To learn how this program would get books into the hands of more young readers, I interviewed SCBWI's Executive Director Lin Oliver.

So, each region will be nominating an organization, and then the SCBWI Board of Advisors and staff will pick one or two organizations that will receive the books, right?

Most of our SCBWI regi...