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National Book Award winning author devotes career to young readers

WKAR Public Media | By Scott Pohl
Published March 19, 2015 at 11:17 AM EDT
http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/

An award-winning author of books for young readers is coming to East Lansing this week. Jacqueline Woodson's 30 books for young adults, middle graders and children have won a multitude of awards including a National Book Award in 2014 for “Brown Girl Dreaming”. The MSU Department of Teacher Education is bringing her in for a talk tonight.Current State's Scott Pohl speaks with Jacqueline Woodson about the career path that led her to write for younger readers. It's a genre with growing numbers of adult readers.
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Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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