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Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Punycorn and the Princess of Thieves from Clarion Books and Quinnelope and the Unicorn Untopia from Oni Press.
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This month's PENGUIN TBR reviews include a look at THE MOON WITHOUT STARS by Chanel Miller, SIBYLLINE by Melissa de la Cruz and POSTSCRIPT by Cory McCarthy
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels featuring Extraordinary Voyages Volume 1 from Papercutz and Wallflower from Viking Books for Young Readers.
Today's featured title in our Heavy Medal Mock Newbery: THE NINE MOONS OF HAN YU AND LULI by Karina Yan Glaser
As moving as it is educational, this breathtaking story is one that will stay with readers.
Breaking down the Newbery data . . .
What if you could assign any illustrator to any out-of-print children's book?
The announcement of the Newbery Medal is just a couple weeks away. Find out what's coming up on Heavy Medal before then, including book discussions, a webcast, and three Mock Newbery votes.
A rare sequel made the Heavy Medal Book List this year with MAX IN THE LAND OF LIES by Adam Gidwitz.
Today we've got a baby announcement—Baby Garfield, that is! He'll be starring in a new miniseries from BOOM! Studios launching in March.
Today's Heavy Medal Mock Newbery discussion book is POCKET BEAR by Katherine Applegate, the 2013 Newbery Medalist
New Dan Santat, a girl gang, a friendship break-up, a story inspired by Armenian and Persian mythology, and a memoir.
Can you name these 3 books by their LEGO-fied covers?
This book works its way into the fissures and cracks of children's gray matter, affecting their reading preferences for, potentially, their entire life. For that to happen, you need something a little weird, and special. You need a book like this.
May we have empathy and respect for Latinx families living through political turmoil and exile, no matter which side of the political spectrum they reside without dehumanizing those we see as opposing our ideologies- understanding that the Latinx story is not a monolith.
Periwinkle, a “space cat,” explores the world with a creative, curious spirit.
RETURN TO SENDER by Vera Brosgol is now up for discussion in our 2026 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery.
Imagine taking something as devastating as bullying and turning it into joy and hope. That is my goal with The Right Back at You Project. I want to bring the conversation about bullying out of the shadows and into the open in as many classrooms as possible.
The latest and greatest READ posters.
"How do I acknowledge the harm without letting it dominate the story or overshadow the light? How can I stay truthful about the past while keeping the focus on queer joy?" Learn the answers to these questions in this glorious cover reveal and Q&A.
I give young characters in my novels the power of choice, the ability to fall and rise again to conquer a situation, their fears or something that may have a strangle hold on them for the moment.
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