Jenny Robb (she/her) is Curator and Associate Professor at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.  She holds masters degrees in History and Museum Studies from Syracuse University.  Robb has curated many comics exhibitions, including Exploring Calvin and Hobbes; Looking Backward, Looking Forward: U.S. Immigration in Cartoons and Comics, and Into the

On Friday, November 12th, Penguin Random House (PRH) Education facilitated a conversation between bestselling author Min Jin Lee and #DisruptTexts co-founders Tricia Ebarvia and Lorena German. This event was part of the 75th Penguin Classics anniversary celebration week, which also featured reading lists, personal book recommendations, and enriching programming. #Disrupt Texts is a crowdsourced, grass

English for Everyone is a smart, simple, and highly visual language course designed to help anyone of any starting level to learn English. Though originally created for learners self-studying at home, ESL teacher Katherine Fedor of Virginia Beach City Public Schools has seen great success in using the series as a classroom resource for children

The New York Public Library has announced their Best Books of 2021. This is their annual recommendations for kids, teens, and adults, all curated by expert librarians. The titles that made the lists encompass fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry, kids’ books in Spanish, and much more. All of these books are available in the Library’s

Inspired by Jennifer Clement’s novel of the same name, Prayers for the Stolen is a new film available on Netflix and is Mexico’s official submission for International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Watch the official trailer:   An illuminating and affecting portrait of women in rural Mexico, and a stunning exploration of the

Michelle Ollie is co-founder and president of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS), a nonprofit college and studio based in Vermont. CCS studio has produced a series of multiple Eisner Award-winning graphic biographies about iconic historical figures and The Cartoonist Veteran project. Ollie was previously a director and faculty at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She teaches

The 1619 Project is The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning reframing of American history that placed slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. The project, which was initially launched in August of 2019, offered a revealing new origin story for the United States, one that helped explain not only the persistence of

We’re sad we can’t meet you in person this year, but we still have plenty of new and exciting resources for educators to explore! Browse the links below to visit all the different sections of our booth. NCTE Author Events Browse Our Collections & Catalogs Free Teacher Resources Penguin Random House Education Classroom Libraries Racial

Bookshop.org, the ethical online marketplace which supports independent bookstores, has announced a ground-breaking partnership with Penguin Random House imprint One World ahead of the publication of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story on November 16. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones and the team at The New York Times Magazine

(November 2, 2021)—In honor of their 75th anniversary, Penguin Classics has partnered with #DisruptTexts, a renowned education organization that works to create a more inclusive, representative and equitable language arts curriculum for K-12 students. Facilitated by Penguin Random House (PRH) Education, this partnership includes a number of new initiatives focused on connecting with, and supporting,

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, Penguin Random House is highlighting the stories of our authors as well as voices in the community who authentically represent the Indigenous Experience.  Using #StoriesoftheLand, #NativeAmericanbooks and #Indigenousreads join us in putting a spotlight on the rich and diverse stories showcasing the important contributions and experiences of Native

Kinko Ito received her Ph.D. in Sociology from The Ohio State University. She is Professor of Sociology at University of Arkansas at Little Rock where she teaches Introduction to Sociology, Classical Sociological Theory, Organizations, and Japanese Culture and Society. She published numerous articles and book chapters on manga (Japanese comics), anime (animation), and the Ainu