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With its layers and emotional verisimilitude, Kiss Number 8 is a lengthy and rewarding read, a true modern masterpiece.
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Haley Newsome talks about Unfamiliar, her charming webcomic about little witches that is now a print comic.
The stories I want to tell are the ones where trans kids fall in love. I want to write stories to let them expand and take up space and find and choose their joy, in spite of everyone else.
How does someone go out and make an original alphabet book? I sit down with the accomplished Corinna Luyken to talk about her ideas, how she changes her illustration style, and the importance of movement for kids.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for middle school and under featuring Akim Aliu Dreamer A Graphic Memoir from Graphix and Bigfoot and Nessie Volume 1 The Art of Getting Noticed from Penguin Workshop.
My name is Ponti. James Ponti. I am awkward, goofy, and if I’m being completely honest, a little scared of lizards. There’s absolutely no way that I was ever a real-life spy.
Explore 14 new and forthcoming books from Holiday House and Pixel + Ink!
I am so pleased and honored to bring to you today a post as part of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour of 2023. And to make matters even better, the person that I was granted to host today is none other than the fantastic, amazing, one-of-a-kind, singular Mari Lowe.
An interview with recent Sydney Taylor Award winners Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal. #STBA #JewishBooksAreDiverseBooks
I am so pleased and honored to bring to you today a post as part of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour of 2023. And to make matters even better, the person that I was granted to host today is none other than the fantastic, amazing, one-of-a-kind, singular Mari Lowe.
There's such creativity behind the presentation of today's book. The play-within-a-play motif sets this apart. The art is extraordinary. And was there every such a goofy frog?
With its layers and emotional verisimilitude, Kiss Number 8 is a lengthy and rewarding read, a true modern masterpiece.
Author M. K. Lobb shares a guest post about why it's important that you write for yourself
With the announcement of FREEWATER as the 2023 Newbery Medal winner, our Mock Newbery season is complete. Help us plan next year with our Readers' Feedback Poll and take a look at our early list of possible contenders for the 2024 Newbery Award.
What sets my novel apart is the acknowledgment of the past and its celebration of Black excellence and achievement.
Marla Frazee stops by to talk about IN EVERY LIFE.
A gallery of book covers on books that feature time on repeat for teens
Gloria Chao talks about the inspiration behind her new book and shows us how to make paper lanterns.
Artemis Sparke is an invitation for all ages to join a brigade or, even better, to rally up their own brigade and experience the power of resurrected voices.
All the best reactions to the 2023 Youth Media Awards.
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