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In our second Wednesday roundup, we focus on Newbery eligible graphic novels
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A fantastic read with an unforgettable main character.
Creating spaces for this generation to understand their own minds is just another way we can help them grow up to be the resilient adults who will step in for the next generation — making sure there will always be helpers to look toward.
What do you get when you combine a Newbery Award winner with a two-time Caldecott Award winner? You get a book coming out in July of 2024, that's what. And we have the cover!
Remember the great kids' books of the 2010s? Ivan, Merci, and so many more! In the first of our "Debating Decades" poll, we'll revisit the best books of 2010-2019 and give readers the chance to weigh in on their personal favorites, children's picks, and the books with the highest literary quality.
Full of clues and puzzle pieces to ponder, this complicated mystery will keep readers guessing all the way until the end. I already can't wait for the next installment of this new series!
There might not be one answer, and that’s okay! I think fairy tales are about the questions and the exploration.
Does a protagonist have to grab your attention to make you care? Jack Cheng reflects on the kids and characters that are a little more introverted.
In our second Wednesday roundup, we focus on Newbery eligible graphic novels
Peter Brown takes us behind the scenes of the newest book in the WILD ROBOT series.
A brother and sister are both unreliable narrators in this flipbook that tells the same story from two different points of view.
It is hard to understand how hope could endure in conditions like those the enslaved lived under, yet the author shows the love, connection, resilience, and reclamation of a people whose voices are essential to the narrative of slavery and of our country.
A dog nanny, a psychic tween, mermaids, a wish-granting dog, and more!
Stories let us see ourselves doing things and having adventures. They let us imagine ourselves in those places and know that we are valid.
“Make no more clouds. I have drawn the rainbow here.” Attend the tale of Bea Wolf, and a better comic for kids you're unlikely to find anywhere.
Kayvion Lewis discusses her new YA heist novel, THIEVES' GAMBIT
A teen couple finds themselves facing an unexpected pregnancy in this impactful manga.
I hope this book finds its way to the readers who need it most and makes them feel seen. But I also hope this book inspires conversation, and debate, and, ultimately, action.
I hope readers are learning that being a bit different and unique is a good thing. That things will get better if they just hang in there.
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