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Professor Lea Bishop Presents at University of Connecticut on Childhood Book Hunger
10/28/2022
IU McKinney Professor Lea Bishop presented her research on the human right to read and her latest book during the Human Rights Institute, which convened at the University of Connecticut on October 17. The workshop showcased Professor Bishop’s work along with that of Farida Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education.
Professor Shaver is the author of “Ending Book Hunger,” published in 2020 by Yale University Press. The book highlights innovative nonprofit solutions to expand access to print. First Book, for example, offers diverse books to teachers at bargain prices. Imagination Library mails picture books to support early literacy in book deserts. Worldreader promotes mobile reading in developing countries by turning phones into digital libraries. Pratham Books creates open access stories that anyone may freely copy, adapt, and translate. Professor Shaver discusses the roles of copyright law and licensing should play in the fight against book hunger.
