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Carl Lennertz

Carl Lennertz

Aug 18, 2026

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10:44
What are the major programs or initiatives under Every Child Is a Reader, and what are they designed to accomplish?
10:52
So, um, I, I, I run two organizations, two separate boards of directors.
10:58
The trade association is that, that's a trade association funded by dues.
11:02
And then in 2008, my predecessor, Robin Edelson, set up Every Child a Reader to take the public-facing programs and make, make it a 501[c][3] so we can get donations.
11:13
Children's Book Week, which began in 1919.
11:16
I wasn't there at the beginning, so no, no, no wisecracks.
11:18
Children's Book Council was at the CBC.

6 MINS LATER

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17:10
So from your experience in where you are and everything you've done, what are the shifts in reader behavior on book discovery that you have noticed in the past few years?

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