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SLJ asked some of its columnists and bloggers the big question: what are you reading this summer?
Can’t make it to San Diego Comic con this year? Crowd into your local comic shop and pick up some of this week’s new comics! Chronicle Books releases a new volume in the “Darth” series from Jeffrey Brown with Goodnight Darth Vader. Hyperion Books releases the 4th volume of their graphic adaptation of the Artemis [...]
Describing the service as a potentially “disruptive challenge to libraries,” Jamie LaRue, principal of LaRue and Associates Consulting, told LJ that “even in rural areas now, a lot of folks have ereaders, and find that they prefer ebooks. This kind of service, at that price point, will probably result in another market shift. $9.99 is a pretty good deal.”
James Gulliver Hancock’s new nonfiction title offers a charming and whimsical look at well-known figures through drawing.
The Madman of Piney Woods By Christopher Paul Curtis Scholastic ISBN: 978-0-545-63376-5 $16.99 Ages 9-12 On shelves September 30th No author hits it out of the park every time. No matter how talented or clever a writer might be, if their heart isn’t in a project it shows. In the case of Christopher Paul Curtis, [...]
For such a big fan of fairy tales, you would think that I’d have a healthy appreciation for one of the 20th Century’s preeminent fairy tale creations, J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. But in truth, I’ve never much cared for the little imp, even now that my 4-year-old son is obsessed with him and has me [...]
SLJ was in San Francisco for Chronicle's Fall 2014 Preview where illustrated children's books with vibrant visuals were the showstopping hits.
Find out what Moonbot Studios, that "secret zero-gravity colony inhabited by interstellar beings" in Shreveport, LA, has been up to. Once again, it defies reality.
From preschool to middle grade, these nonfiction titles explore the animal kingdom and all its wild ways.
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