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Jonker talks to the author then reveals the cover for her spring 2019 title.
A quick recap and description of titles up for the National Book Award.
Betsy Bird doesn't know which way the awards committee will go in a "crazy year."
A few September release graphic novels that teens and tweens will enjoy.
It's OED's 90th birthday, and it is bringing the gift—a year free online access for non-subscribing public schools.
Aaron Zenz has placed third and second in ArtPrize. Now he's going for the win.
The incredible life story of Hedy Lamarr is now a children's picture book. And Betsy Bird gives us a look at the cover of the February release.
Meet OASIS—Openly Available Sources Integrated Search—with a goal to facilitate the discovery of open educational resources.
A look at some of the latest books for tweens and teens.
A review of the new supernatural shonen set at the dawn of the 20th century in rural Japan.
These new applications transport students through primary sources to some of the most dramatic turning points in U.S. history and immerse them in the related debates.
Dedicated to supporting freedom of speech, blended heritage, open borders, and educational rights, the author saw The American Library exhibit at the Cleveland Public Library.
Betsy and her sister Kate debate the degree to which Mr. and Mrs. Fox are starving their children, what precisely is going on with the Giggle-Gaggle household, and what a “skulk”/”leash” is.
Betsy Bird can't help herself—she has to share the press release for this "too cool" exhibition coming to the Eric Carle Museum.
Some "non-traditional" Newbery-worthy titles. Do they have a chance?
The author is appalled that a conference had attendees give each other massages.
Aron Nels Steinke has created a graphic novel about a fourth grade classroom that quickly feels like an old friend.
A "smart little book," reviewed by Betsy Bird.
Highlights from this week’s new releases includes the latest entry into their Ordinary People Change the World series with I Am Neil Armstrong and the final volume of Faith Erin Hicks’ The Nameless City trilogy.
News and reviews of the week from Teen Librarian Toolbox and around the web.
Travis Jonker takes a look at news of the week in children's and YA publishing.
Betsy Bird reveals what happens when a supporting character from an earlier title takes the lead in a new middle grade novel.
Check out the comic journey through the Paleozoic Era in the latest entry of the "Earth Before Us" series.
Amanda MacGregor calls Don Brown's graphic novel "an important, timely, and eye-opening exploration of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis."
Listen to Sara K. Ahmed's talk at Nerd Camp Michigan. Colby Sharp says, "It is important."
Travis Jonker considers a bolder, more modern look for his blog—and reconsiders.
In the UK, Mr. David Mackintosh is a well-known graphic designer, art director, author, and illustrator. If the pages in this trailer are any indication, he'll be famous here soon, too.
The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from an African and African American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom.
Travis Jonker flagged 142 books coming out in September, October, and November, and then chose his 10 favorites.
Six questions for Sharon Creech, plus a passage from her latest novel.
The search tool allows you to locate datasets stored across thousands of repositories in the context of their hosted sites in a single interface.
Suggestions for teaching two books on mathemeticians Katherine Johnson and Sophie Germain.
A hoax that started small grew into something two kids could have never imagined. Fairy Spell tells the story.
Chatting about McCloskey's most famous picture book.
This series shows Marvel’s impulse to serve the older, shrinking, extant audience for its monthly comics while also trying to reach new readers.
Considering Spooked, The Girl Who Drew Butterflies, and Otis and Will Discover the Deep.
Crafty ideas for using the Instax Mini instant camera in projects related to Teen Read Week, Banned Books Week, and more.
Listen to Travis Jonker chat with 2018 Pura Belpré award winners Ruth Behar, Pablo Cartaya, Celia C. Pérez, and Juana Martinez-Neal.
McCall Hoyle, avid reader, high school English teacher, and author of young adult books, shares her thoughts on the importance of firing up everyone involved in education when it comes to reading and writing for pleasure. Yes, just for pleasure. No grades. No logs. No strings attached.
Betsy Bird looks at some of the best fictional picture books with photographic illustrations.
Highlights from this week’s list of new releases includes a new Science Comics from First Second, Solar System: Our Place in Space, Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero’s Journey #2, and kitten cuteness with volume 2 of Chi’s Sweet Adventures.
Travis Jonker takes a look at some of the latest news and trends in children's publishing.
Betsy Bird talks to Ellen Klages about her new middle grade book, Out of Left Field, which takes feminism to the sports world.
The life cycle of the blueberry, how much sugar to use when canning, and other mysteries explained on this week's episode of Fuse 8 n' Kate.
Artist Nathan Sawaya makes life-size LEGO sculptures, and a few years ago he started making little men and positioning them around New York City, hugging trees and signposts and such. This was the genesis of Hugman, the little red character that accompanies the little boy Nathan in these cheery self-published picture books.
Teaching ideas for a book that invites readers to notice the beauty and mystery of the natural world around us.
The Heavy Medal team is back from a summer of reading and ready to read more Newbery contenders and discuss them with their readers.
Now the time is right, the planets have aligned, and today we get to see the new cover for Unicorn is Maybe Not So Great After All.
Whenever someone complains about how dark YA is, it is almost always an adult, writes Karen Jensen, who brings the discussion back to YA's primary audience: teens.
Brigid Alverson talks to Kurt Hassler, Yen Press managing director and publisher, about light novels, which are prose novels that have a lot in common with manga and anime.
The first in a series by Soichiro Yamamoto and published by Yen Press,.
AASL has launched two eagerly anticipated crosswalk documents on the new page of AASL's National School Library Standards Web Portal.
Teen-tested projects from the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County.
I interviewed Kazu Kibuishi two years ago in Ann Arbor in front of a live audience. With the release of Amulet 8 inching closer, it felt like a great time to run the episode. Enjoy!
The blue cat (no, not that one) continues his world domination plan. Pete will soon be available to stream to a small screen near you.
Here it is, our final cumulative reader suggestion list before we start up our book discussion in September.
Here are some quick looks at books for younger readers. Post-it Note reviews are a great way to display books in your library or classroom, and enable kids to recommend their favorite titles without having to get up in front of everyone and do a book talk.
If you want an instructional poetry book that feels like what happens when a zine consumes a human from the inside like a xenomorph in Alien and releases an explosion of heat and heart and light and life, there’s really only one choice out there. And it’s from a former National Poet Laureate, too.
Looking ahead to the new school year, suggestions for ways that changes in children’s literature can help guide changes in instruction—think of it as a recipe for book magic. From The Classroom Bookshelf.
Betsy Bird updates readers on all the news she can before her laptop battery dies.
From engaging little strategies, to complete rethinking of culture and schedules, librarians share how they are going to get going in the new school year.
Podcasts, books, and more news in Jonker's Morning Notes.
While YA publishing has boomed, public library budgets have not. So the question is, what does an ideal YA collection look like?
The Top 100 has reached the end: Here are the five best board books of all time, according to the Fuse #8 Production poll.
Displays are a place where libraries are not being neutral. What is chosen to highlight or not makes a statement.
Learning playlists are a thing, and they can be powerful and address multiple purposes.
As teachers post pictures of well-stocked classroom libraries, Karen Jensen sees another example of the disparity in funding in public education.
Google has changed patron expectations, and in unrealistic ways.
A list of should-be anticipated Fall books by lesser known creators.
In 1972 Ezra Jack Keats visited Mister Rogers. They made some art together, and it was lovely and peaceful.
Always curious about how sequential art could translate into an auditory experience, the author explores a graphic novel in audio book form.
We're in the Top 10 of Betsy Bird's Top 100 Board Books of all time.
Betsy and Kate discuss Henkes' classic picture book.
Professional development app is designed to connect educators in active and collaborative environments.
A Take 5 list of books for teens like these who desire to be active in social justice.
Librarian Natalie Korsavidis interviews Library Journal Mover and Shaker and author of Cultivating Strong Girls: Library Programming That Builds Self-Esteem and Challenges Inequality.
Brangwain Spurge—Betsy Bird has never seen anything like it.
A behind-the-scenes look at the amount of work it takes for an artist to provide both an artistic sensibility and a kind of historical accuracy to the art.
It's a video collection from Jack Black in children's books-turned-movies, to a couple of YouTube series, and a rapper's reading of Dr. Seuss.
Open Library is an Internet Archive project developed to present one web page for every book ever published. Recent enhancements allow for even more openness.
Feeling left behind after San Diego Comic Comic? Catch up with some highlights from last week’s new releases.
Parents and young children will discover engaging curricular content, a library of interactive books to teach early academic skills, as well as a focus on social-emotional development and healthy habits.
’m back from the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference and boy are my sweat glands tired. It was a warm and wonderful four days, so I figured it deserves the recap treatment. But whatever you do, don’t go to the ALA recap over at A Fuse #8 Production, read it, realize she’s a far […]
I have been doing a lot of research and reading on this subject in the past week as I wrestled with what this declaration means and how I can reconcile it with my personal and professional ethics.
