Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bestselling children's book author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett joins actress Jennifer Garner, a passionate advocate for children's literacy, for a conversation about great literature hiding in plain sight: the children's picture book.

The National Ambassador for Young People's Literature is a partnership between the Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader.

For transcript and more information, visit loc.gov/item/video-11272