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A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat
Gr 1–3—More than mere confection, A Fine Dessert is a rich and satisfying journey across four centuries, told through the eyes of four families...
Ling & Ting: Twice As Silly
PreS-Gr 1—Those irrepressible twins are back with more sweetly goofy antics in a third installment of the easy reader series...
Great Titles About 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai
Share the inspiring true story of Malala Yousafzai, a 2014 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, with these great new titles.
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
PreS-Gr 1—The winning picture book team that created Extra Yarn (HarperCollins, 2012) is back together in this understated, humorous, and charmingly perplexing tale...
A New Picture Book Biography About a Transgender Girl | Up Close
In this picture book biography, young readers meet Jazz Jennings, a young girl who knew from a very early age that she had "a girl's brain in a boy's body."
Happy Campers: Librarians Discuss, Brainstorm, and Make at Annual KidLibCamp Unconference
Librarians from New England, New York, and New Jersey met to discuss top topics and share best practices at the sixth annual KidLibCamp at Darien Library.
Can You Hear Me Now? The Missing SummerTeen Chris Lynch Interview
The technology gods were not on Chris Lynch's side on July 24, when he was scheduled to appear on a panel with Kwame Alexander discussing their sports genre YA titles. SLJTeen has been able to procure a few snippets from SLJ reviews editor Kiera Parrott, who moderated the sports session. To read the full interview, please visit the sports panel archive in the SummerTeen auditorium.
A Signature Style: Picture book author Byron Barton on developing his craft | Up Close
Iconic picture book creator Byron Barton chats with SLJ about his process, his influences, and his unique style.
Star YA Authors Reveal Inspirations and Challenges | SLJ SummerTeen 2014
On July 24, SLJ's SummerTeen virtual event, attended by nearly 800 conference goers, was chock full of popular and thought-provoking YA authors, such as keynoters Gayle Forman (If I Stay) and Matthew Quick (Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock), who reveal some of the more personal asides, challenges, and stories behind novel writing. It was Quick who said, "Good literature, he said, “[comforts] the disturbed and [disturbs] the comforted."
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