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Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Punycorn and the Princess of Thieves from Clarion Books and Quinnelope and the Unicorn Untopia from Oni Press.
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Here's a look at the graphic novels that publishers have been acquiring, and when we can expect to see them.
I promised myself when I began writing for teenagers in 2017, that I would tackle topics often silenced or totally ignored in households within my faith community specifically.
Ali Terese: writing mayhem full of hilarity and heart! She's my new fav and should be yours, too.
Grief and humor mixing and melding in middle grade is a delicate thing to establish. We talk with author Joanne Levy on how to make this very secret sauce.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Brinkley Yearbooks Volume 3 School Dance from Knopf Books for Young Readers and Mabel Makes (^Up) A Friend, The Elephant in the Room from Penguin Young Readers.
Summer’s ending, school’s starting and a new season of Heavy Medal is about to BEGIN! Fasten your seatbelts for a season of fun and spirited book discussion (who needs football when you have Mock Newbery??!). We launch into full gear after Labor Day which means we’re starting our final suggestion call NOW! Yes it’s early, […]
Overdrive/Sora discusses five tips to help get teens reading, including using the SORA app
Maybe I DO have something I’m hoping kids will learn from my books after all: That even when the world feels like it’s falling down around them, they can still find laughter.
"They don't just give a gatefold to anyone these days." We tackle our second author/illustrator Eric Carle title and discover there's a lot to love in this engineering marvel of a picture book.
Parents, guardians, librarians, and community leaders all have a role in preparing this next generation, and that means making sure they develop a complete perspective of the world around them.
Despite the sign on it, the free keyboard that Margot and her friends find on the side of the road is definitely haunted. But when her musician father takes off to chase fame, maybe a ghost can teach her how to play?
Author Tanya Wright discusses her upper elementary book Hairiette of Harlem
Author Jamie Sumner joins us to talk about her new middle grade novel, SCHOOLED.
A marvelous tale of space aliens and vast conspiracies. Put another way, just the thing to lure the science fiction curious back to the fold.
I hope you find something fun here to read in these final days of summer.
"I knew the book had to be accessible for children. I also wanted it to have a point of view, to be specifically Black (as much as I could manage in 100 poems), and to be honest." Traci N. Todd talks about her latest poetry collection.
In today’s classrooms, literacy isn’t just about decoding text. It’s also about navigating, interpreting and finding meaning in the stories students are reading, regardless of length or format.
Because I love imagery, developing an image system for a verse novel is one of my favorite challenges.
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A musician struggles with a creative block and self-doubt in this special one-shot manga.
Entering portals requires bravery and hope and the willingness to see what happens, which are generally good things to apply to living life in general.
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