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Can you name these 3 books from their LEGO-fied covers?
Can't stop, won't stop, bringing you these fantastic books from small publishers everywhere. Today we consider books from three different sources, often coming from all over the world.
Scott Chantler's new Squire & Knight finds a clever, book-ish young squire forced to save a town (and his own knight) from a dragon and/or a curse when the direct approach doesn't work. Luckily, this is a quest that calls for brains more than brawn.
I write books about grief not to make the reader sad, I write them to give readers a safe space to heal.
Clocks and cats, water and magic, and at its heart a father-son storyline. Nab this for your next storytime, whenever you get the chance.
While the Teen Titans have been around since the 1960s and have evolved in the DC Universe over the years, Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo’s reimagined Teen Titans series opens up the comic book universe to a whole new cohort of readers.
I wrote a book that would please a middle school kid who wants to hear his pen cluck just one… more… time.
Past events can be revisited, responded to—and sometimes even revised—as revealed in the new Second Edition of TOGETHER: An Inspiring Response to the “Separate-But-Equal” Supreme Court Decision that Divided America.
What we have here is a work of narrative nonfiction that will completely suck in child readers. I talk with the man behind one of the best books for kids in 2023, bar none.
The idea bubbled up practically overnight: the story of a young, gay, Hispanic teen (that’s me), who falls in love with a cowboy (that’s Texas), who may or may not be a killer (and that’s Jane Austen).
Each year, approximately 12 percent of American high schoolers of all genders experience emotional, physical, or sexual violence at the hands of someone they date.
I'll be interviewing Kate DiCamillo at ALA Annual.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under featuring Suee and the Strange White Light from Amulet Books and Nightmare Brigade Volume 3: Finding Alice from Papercutz.
Our list of books to consider for our 2024 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery stands at 38. Now's the time to add to that number by sharing your June suggestions. Add up to five titles in the comments and we'll keep building a list of the best children's books of the year.
A fantastic look at periods, social justice, period poverty, economic inequalities, and the power of taking action. Get this one on all shelves!
Gene Luen Yang talks about his life, career, and American Born Chinese on TED Radio Hour.
Part Ratatouille and all original, this little French mouse series could have reached the heights of Madeline or Eloise. So why didn't it? We investigate and find out.
Here's an update on recent graphic novel deals for books coming out in 2024-26.
If we as adults (and authors) can’t give our kids a world that makes any sense, the least we can do is let them play in one.
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