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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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Meet the 15 members of the 2026 Heavy Medal Award Committee (HMAC). Every one of them is committed to reading all 15 titles on our Heavy Medal Book List, then discussing each one, starting December 30th.
While I read a super ton of books for kids, I do still also read books written for adults. Here are my favs of the year!
Over the next two weeks I’ll be sharing the 10 most popular 100 Scope Notes posts during the past year.
I may have gone a bit overboard...
I'd say 29 books is a pretty good haul for a month that's usually rather slow for book mail.
Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads? I feel this represents an individual who gets engulfed by his ambitions and does not know when to stop which is not a characteristic I would like to convey to my students. Click here for the answer. Why do I share these? […]
Meet the titles that linger in that liminal space between novels and easy books.
Our discussion of 15 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery titles begins in two weeks. Here's a complete schedule of titles and discussion dates, along with other Heavy Medal activities in store as we approach the announcement of the 2026 Newbery Medal.
Oh yeah, AI? Here are the books for kids that will crush your creations with their sheer unpredictability.
Today we have exclusive news of a new 101 Dalmatians graphic novel from Papercutz.
Without effort, our culture will inevitably dissipate over generations. It takes intention to keep the stove on. To keep the recipes alive. To talk to our parents and grandparents to learn what we can, and pass it down to the generations that follow.
Two for the price of one!
Feel like you should give kids the best of the best poetry coming out today? Well, aren't you in luck. I've gathered it all together for you here.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Red and Blue Monster Hunters from Dark Horse Comics.
Our 2026 Heavy Medal Book List is finalized! Here are the 15 titles that will be discussed in the coming weeks during our Mock Newbery process.
The best storytellers I know put their emotions on the page or screen and don't seem to make a distinction between children and adults.
Includes everything from tiny head denizens (a.k.a. lice) to collectable "stones" to snot snot snot snot!
I sifted through nearly a thousand children’s books coming out in December, January, and February to bring you the ten that most jumped out to me. Let’s get started . . . Picture Books The Rare Bird by Elisha Cooper February 24 | Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan) | Grades K-2 Cooper’s last effort, the excellent […]
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Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog
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Neverending Search
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Teen Librarian Toolbox
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