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Newly returned from the American Library Association Annual Conference in Philly, I turn my attention to the Creative Company at the swell titles they've planned for the fall.
In a new steampunk adventure imported from Europe, Mickey and his friends (and even his enemy!) must team-up to save the world from the most unusual sort of catastrophe.
TLT Contributor Riley Jensen walks us through a DIY tutorial for making hand-made pop-up cards.
Corinna Luyken joins us today! We talk aesthetics and vibes and the mental anguish a parent endures when their kid refuses to allow their hair to be brushed (or cut!).
Contributor Riley Jensen shares some YA books that center main characters with disabilities for Disability Pride Month
TADPOLE'S UNKNOWING REVENGE! That's the makeshift title we came up with for this tale of love and hunger.
We're halfway through 2025 and have built a list of 50 potential Mock Newbery 2026 contenders. Now it's time to add July suggestions.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Miss Camper from Graphix and Free Piano (Not Haunted) from Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
For many of us, ALA Annual is a place, both physical and social, where we come for a particular experience. To move foreward, we have to consider how did this place get to be what it is? And, what dominant forces are maintained here?
Author E. L. Starling discusses how the movie Interstellar and family discussions about terraforming led to the book BOUND BY STARS
I learned so much about myself while writing this book. As a mother. As a daughter. As a cycle-breaker. As a storyteller. And I’ve come to realize just how quickly perfectionism can sabotage all four of those roles.
I'm burning through my TBR, which feels good, after months of it just growing out of control. Hope you find some good things to add to your own summer TBR!
Someone's raising money for trans and nonbinary youth and creators? Get on this, people!! It's happening today!
The stars of Saturday AM team up to save the multiverse in the action-packed one-shot.
Summer means I can grab the book mail the second it drops on my doorstep and tear into it. It also means I can put it in my TBR and know that I might actually get to it sometime soon.
It's that time again! I may be at the American Library Association conference but a whole host of the books I'm presenting to you today have more than a smidgen of international flair. We have some gorgeous titles on display here, just ready for you.
A boy who wants to be a superhero travels through Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City wearing a cat mask in a new graphic novel coming this fall from Nakama Press.
What if I wrote about a girl who was devoted to a dream but then lost it all: a girl who, like me, had been a bright, perfectionistic student, and gave everything to an institution that didn’t love her back?
A graphic novel focusing on book bans and discussions of Iran? Can you think of more timely topics? I reveal the cover of Jarrett Dapier's latest and he tells an honestly gripping story of its origins.
Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts "Level Up"s her programming with a diy tutorial for stained glass crafts that feature Pokemon, characters that level up
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