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The Trouble with Dewey
The Dewey Decimal System is in many ways an outdated mess, and many of its flaws are more insidious than examples of old-fashioned conventions.
Read-Alouds for the Whole Family
Shared family reading plays a vital role in growing lifelong readers, but finding the right book can be tricky. Here’s a mix of classics and 21st-century favorites for everyone.
Dark and Inventive: New Retellings of Familiar Tales | Fall Fantasy 2017
There is plenty of light fare to tempt fantasy readers, but for those who are ready to enter the Dark Forest three new works open the way.
Icy Prisons and a Frogkisser | Fantasy You Haven't Read Before
New, delightful middle grade fantasies have tweaked the familiar, added humor and heart, and created something entirely original.
"Most Magical" Girls | New Fall Fantasy
In their new books, middle-grade luminaries Karen Cushman, Karen Foxlee, and Jennifer A. Nielsen bring new meaning to the words, "girl power."
Magic in Our World | Spring 2016 Middle Grade Fantasy
Exploring topics from grief to bullying in settings both contemporary and historical, a trio of 2016 titles mine real-world emotions and situations—and top them off with dashes of magic, horror, and talking skunks.
How a Library Raised Yuyi Morales, Award-Winning Illustrator of “Thunder Boy Jr.”
Children’s librarian and SLJ reviewer Elisabeth Gattullo Marrocolla interviews the Caldecott Honor and Pura Belpré Award–winning author/illustrator about her latest project, Thunder Boy Jr., written by Sherman Alexie, and her love for libraries.
The Allure of the Unsettling | New Middle Grade Fantasy
Meet a ratter, a girl with telepathic abilities, and an otherworldly creature in new middle grade fantasy titles that walk the line between light and dark and comfort and creepy with aplomb.
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