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This companion novel allows me to tell another one of those untold stories—uncovered through videos and memoirs and articles—of a young boy yearning to, one day, reunite with his father.
More books coming out in the fall and winter! More! Our peek into the upcoming lists of smaller publishers continues unabated.
Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares some fun Barbie movie inspired ideas
The story of The School Living Club continues in this special one-shot manga.
Change renders the facades of what’s loved into something else.
I’m a sucker for a good happily ever after. I believe that most people deserve one, and deserve to see people like themselves have one. Which is one of the reasons I wrote Rhythm & Muse, to fill a void that I wasn’t finding at the time. A black, teenage boy finding his.
You are given a chance to ask a conservative activist a question about book banning (which he supports) on a debate show. Do you do it?
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under featuring Extincts Volume 2: Flight of the Mammoth from Amulet Books and Jurassic Jeff: Space Invader from Random House Graphic.
This is my love letter to all the equestrians who haven’t seen themselves on the page. I’m going to need your help and support to get my books into the hands of kids who want and need them, so I hope you go on this ride with me.
Growing up, I loved fairy tales and Greek myths. As a young queer person, I was keenly aware of how LGBTQIA+ characters never appeared in these stories.
What is the worst case scenario for a website that isn't renewed? If you create books for kids in any way, please listen to today's warning.
A Podcast Experiment: SPEED ROUND w/ Marla Frazee, Dan Santat, Doug Salati, and Amina Luqman-Dawson.
Listen to our first-ever SPEED ROUND episode of The Yarn podcast!
Colby and I decided to try out a new idea: speed round-only episodes of the podcast. Today is the first one.
With a single photograph you get a truly great picture book pairing and the start of a beautiful collaboration. To life! To joy! To books!
Esther checks out the new Spider-Man manga from Viz, Spider-Man: Fake Red.
Author Robin Alvarez discusses mermaids and her YA novel, When Oceans Rise
Crilley talks about writing and illustrating a novel paying tribute to Taiwan more than 30 years after living there to teach English.
A lawsuit that might change the book-banning trajectory.
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