library of congress, meg medina. what does the national ambassador for young people's literature do? well, i would say basically it is being the nation's book friend, book friend to the children in the u.s. that's how i explain it. when i go to schools and i meet them. it's to promote reading. it's to help kids sort of discover their reading lives, find book joy and just be a cheerleader for their literary lives. how long is your term as ambassador? it's two years. and at the beginning you think that's going to be a very long time and it goes in the blink of an eye. so it's two years of traveling the country and, you know, creating different programs and platforms that will invite kids into, you know, the world of reading and books. so your ambassadorship ends in early 2025. what measure will you use to determine whether it was a successful ambassador ship? oh, my gosh. i don't know it for me. when i took the job on, you have to go into it with this idea that for two years you're not going to be thinking so much abou

library of congress, meg medina. what does the national ambassador for young people's literature do? well, i would say basically it is being the nation's book friend, book friend to the children in the u.s. that's how i explain it. when i go to schools and i meet them. it's to promote reading. it's to help kids sort of discover their reading lives, find book joy and just be a cheerleader for their literary lives. how long is your term as ambassador? it's two years. and at the beginning you think that's going to be a very long time and it goes in the blink of an eye. so it's two years of traveling the country and, you know, creating different programs and platforms that will invite kids into, you know, the world of reading and books. so your ambassadorship ends in early 2025. what measure will you use to determine whether it was a successful ambassador ship? oh, my gosh. i don't know it for me. when i took the job on, you have to go into it with this idea that for two years you're not going to be thinking so much abou