The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and Every Child a Reader, inaugurates Jacqueline Woodson as the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The National Ambassador program was created in 2008 to raise national awareness of the importance of young people’s literature as it relates to literacy, education and the betterment of the lives of young people. Learn more about Jacqueline Woodson and her platform for her two-year term.