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This engaging introduction to the work of Will Allen and his organization, Growing Power, should stimulate interest in gardening in schools, homes, and communities.
Readers reply to Nina Lindsay's question: What qualities make a book a good one for kids? A school librarian challenges major publishers to stop ghettoizing "diverse" and "multicultural" children's books.
Multiple beheadings, one impaling, and an omnipresent necromancer—these are just three indications that director Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 adventure/fantasy The Hobbit has taken a dark turn. The short novel has been expanded into what might amount to a nearly nine-hour-long trilogy—turning what seems a fireside yarn in print into an overlong saga on the screen.
Studying a photograph of a long-ago event can be both transporting and educational, as the books in "Captured History," a series about photography from Compass Point, show.
The holidays are a great time to give the gift of comics. Once again, our bloggers have a big bag of suggestions of comics for a variety of ages and interests.
This has been a stellar year for Latino-themed titles for children. SLJ's Libro por Libro columnist, Tim Wadham, selected 10 of the best works published this year that represent the vibrant Hispanic cultures united by a single language and heritage.
The “Good Comics for Kids” (blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids) bloggers were burning the midnight oil this year, with a batch of top-notch fall releases that kept us reading—and debating—right up to our deadline. The top trend this year: kids’ books with adult appeal.