Hey everyone, it's Manoucheer and today's episode is part of NPR's collaboration with the

Library of Congress and its annual National Book Festival. To learn more about the festival,

go to loc.gov-slaosh-bookfest. As always, please enjoy the show and thanks for being here.

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I'm Manouche Zamorodi and today a very special conversation in honor of NPR's partnership

with the Library of Congress's National Book Festival. We're going to celebrate kids and reading

by getting to know a man who is changing the world of children's literature. The moment we've

been waiting for, please welcome Mr. Jason Reynolds. Jason Reynolds! Jason Reynolds is kind of a rock

star in the literary world. You're making, I feel like, all every writer in the world upside

right now because you have two books out at once. That's the goal. That's the goal. Over the last decade

he has written more than a dozen books for kids and young adults including award winners like

All American Boys when I was the greatest and long way down. I've never read about history like

this. I've never read about the now like this. I hope everybody reads it. It should be in every school.

I'll tell you that. And hearing him speak may be the hottest ticket in town if you're a kid.

Everybody all right? Y'all good? It's a whole lot of y'all in here. And there's so many young people

here and there's so many not so young people here. And I'm trying to be, I don't know if he knows

that I only got one speed. That's a speed of me if you may. Whitteth is going to be a long

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