{"id":5561,"date":"2021-08-12T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T04:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=5561"},"modified":"2021-08-12T10:18:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T04:48:04","slug":"young-voices-international-youth-day-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/12\/young-voices-international-youth-day-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Young Voices on International Youth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

International Youth Day is celebrated annually on\u00a012 August<\/strong> to bring youth issues and young voices to the mainstream. The General Assembly endorsed the recommendation that 12 August be declared International Youth Day.<\/p>\n

The 2021 theme for the day is Transforming food systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health. As the population grows, there are more and more challenges that younger people must face. The planet needs to be restored to its natural equilibrium and biodiversity must flourish if we want to have food systems that benefit all of mankind.<\/p>\n

On that note, Pothi.com would like to celebrate the voices of some of our young writers at the Pothi.com Store:<\/p>\n

Footprints on the Moon<\/a><\/p>\n

Footprints on the Moon is the second Young Author Program Anthology. The Young Author Program (YAP) is a writing workshop designed to give young writers the tools they need to write their own fiction. In this anthology, young writers explore diverse subjects including vampires, wizards, pets, friendship, career choices, magic and dreams.<\/p>\n

A Window to Young Minds\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

A Window to Young Minds is the first of the yearly anthologies, Short Stories by Young Writers. The twenty-three wonderful stories in this book are handpicked from 2017 contest entries. The talent of these young writers shines in their command of storytelling and their unique take on genre\u2014from a pirate love story to the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937, in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Young Voices<\/a><\/p>\n

YOUNG VOICES features fifteen pieces of fiction from fifteen student writers from around the world.\u00a0Whether discussing social issues, pondering everyday truths, or examining human relationships, the authors in Young Voices are doing us all a great service. We need them and their artistic peers to keep observing humanity around them and let their words and images move us forward, indeed, to truly guarantee us all a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Listen to Young Adults<\/a><\/p>\n

Not by a young adult but pertaining to communicating with them. The myths of adulthood and understanding teenagers in the new age have been busted.<\/p>\n

Which book for or by young writers have you enjoyed recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Youth Day is celebrated annually on\u00a012 August to bring youth issues and young voices to the mainstream. The General Assembly endorsed the recommendation that 12 August be declared International Youth Day. The 2021 theme for the day is Transforming food systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health. 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