Publishing with purpose – with Alisha Niehaus Berger
Few people have helped to publish as many children’s books, in as many different ways, as Alisha Niehaus Berger.
Her career has spanned New York publishing, the Girl Scouts of America, and publishing programmes in over a dozen countries. As we find out in this conversation, she’s seen that there are many, many ways to make a children’s book. And many ways to define ‘quality’. What matters most is that each book has a purpose; and that, as book-makers, our jobs get richer and more rewarding when we know and love what our books will do in the world.
Links from the show:
Alisha on LinkedInRoom to ReadThe Peace and Equality CollectionLiteracy CloudSavvy by Ingrid LawThe Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick BurdAlisha’s ‘A Small Miracle’ postAlisha on the power of globally diverse children’s booksWe Need Diverse BooksPeople of Color in PublishingBetter World BooksPete the Cat