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Last year's Newbery Medal book, FREEWATER, was written by a debut author. Could it happen again? Our Wednesday Round-Up looks at possible Newbery contenders by first-time authors.
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The newly revised Newbery Manual came out a few months ago. We highlight some key changes and how they affect the work of the Newbery Committee (and Mock Newbery groups like Heavy Medal)
Readers who love fairy tales and retellings and those with no knowledge of the source material alike will enjoy this look at wishes, deceptions, and true treasures.
Behold! A list of baby board books, preschooler board books, and board books that are either reprints or adapted picture books. Enjoy them all!
A collection of short stories about the Holocaust weaves together history and Jewish folklore.
Check out these 9 new and forthcoming books!
Tomorrow we'll see the annual release of the 31 Days, 31 Lists titles. What will be included? Will you like the books? Hate them? It's all possible!
The second half of Gene Luen Yang and Bernard Chang's promising new super-comic Monkey Prince gets bogged down in an unfortunate crossover, which is par for the course for the genre.
It’ll always be important to me to write stories that tell the truth: there is no should, there is no supposed to, and there are no rules to happiness.
Last year's Newbery Medal book, FREEWATER, was written by a debut author. Could it happen again? Our Wednesday Round-Up looks at possible Newbery contenders by first-time authors.
Sharing the cover of my upcoming picture book with Matthew Cordell.
Who doesn't need more graphic novels in their lives?!
It's Giving Tuesday! Here are some bookish nonprofits to support.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Volume 1 of Atana and the Firebird from HarperAlley and Secret of the Ravens from Clarion Books.
Like Kevin McCallister and Mary Lennox, Josephine is transformed by challenges. I suppose we all are, but even so, there is sweetness in this life.
A whole world of new Spring 2024 awaits you in the preview! Come find Inuit stories, titles that involve Braille, Down syndrome in a chapter book series and more!
We have officially entered a new world of book trailers.
Now is the time to submit your final nominations for the 2024 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Award.
With more oomph and spit than a little book of this sort could possibly contain, Maggie represents the kind of slambang, fantastic personality you find only once in a blue moon. You’re not going to want to miss this one.
From NUMBER THE STARS to HOLES, the 1990s was a decade of memorable children's books. Take our "Debating the Decades" poll and cast your vote on the best Newbery (and non-Newbery) books from that period. And check out the just-released results of our 2000-2009 poll.
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