August 15, 2022
As parents, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, experts from UW–Madison’s School of Education are ready to share their thoughts with media members on a range of school and education-related topics.
Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Horning speaks with The New Yorker about how gay-themed children’s books have evolved through the years
July 26, 2022
The New Yorker utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s KT Horning, director emerita of the School of Education’s Cooperative Children's Book Center, for a recent article exploring how children’s books with gay- or queer-centered themes have evolved through the years.
Celebrating the retirement of the CCBC’s ‘KT the Magnificent’
July 6, 2022
KT Horning started working at the CCBC as an undergraduate volunteer in 1979, learned and thrived under the mentorship of director emerita Ginny Moore Kruse, and took over as the center’s director in 2002. A remarkable career that spanned parts of six decades ended on July 1, when Horning retired from the university.
Schmidt named next director of UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center
May 20, 2022
Tessa Michaelson Schmidt was recently named the next director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), a library of UW–Madison’s School of Education. Schmidt will start in this role July 25, and will provide leadership and vision for the CCBC and its team of librarians.
CCBC’s Tyner speaks about why children’s books are becoming more diverse
March 15, 2022
UW–Madison’s Madelyn Tyner, a librarian in the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), spoke with the Indian general news and opinion website The Quint recently about why CCBC data shows that children's books are becoming more diverse. CCBC data is also highlighted in the article.
On Wisconsin shares alum Avi’s ‘rocky road to literary success’
February 8, 2022
An inspiring story about UW–Madison alumnus Edward Wortis appears in the Winter 2021 issue of On Wisconsin magazine. Wortis, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Department of Theatre and Drama, has struggled through his lifetime with dysgraphia, a neurological disorder that impairs the ability to write. Despite this, he has written more than 80 bestselling children's books and earned top honors in the field.
On Wisconsin magazine features ‘storybook romance’ of UW–Madison alums Dronzek, Henkes
September 22, 2021
The life and work of UW–Madison alumni Laura Dronzek and Kevin Henkes was featured recently in the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s On Wisconsin magazine. The article, titled “A Storybook Romance,” describes how Dronzek and Henkes — who both earned degrees from the School of Education’s Art Department — met at UW–Madison, married, and now “make magic together in children’s literature.”
UW-Madison’s Horning explains why diverse books matter
July 15, 2021
CBS This Morning utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s KT Horning for a video report that is headlined, “Why diverse children's books are important tools for teaching kids about themselves and others.” Horning is the director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education.
CCBC children’s book diversity data utilized in NY Times, Washington Post
April 22, 2021
Data from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was utilized in two recent articles examining the decision of the Dr. Seuss estate to stop selling six of the author’s books that include racial and ethnic stereotypes.
AP report utilizes racial diversity data from UW–Madison’s CCBC
April 21, 2021
Preliminary diversity stats for 2020 compiled by UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center are utilized in a recent report from the Associated Press. The AP also interviewed UW–Madison's KT Horning, who directs the CCBC, which is housed within the School of Education.