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Authors Ellen Oh and Grace Lin discuss their objection to casting an Asian woman as Nagini in the new Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald.

From advertising to book-making to producing animated digital shorts: Is there anything this Latinx author-illustrator can’t do?

SLJ reviews the two seasons of the bilingual “Cantícos” digital shorts, based on Susie Jaramillo’s board books featuring traditional Latin American nursery rhymes, now available on NickJr.com and the NOGGIN app.

Can YA fantasy speak truth to power? Author Sayantani DasGupta addresses that question and more with Elana K. Arnold, Betsy Cornwell, Kiersten White, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Mimi Yu.

Eight titles made the longlist for the American Association for the Advancement of Science picture book prize.

The second-generation Cuban American author talks to SLJ about her sophomore YA novel, path to publication, and advice to aspiring teen writers.

A "smart little book," reviewed by  Betsy Bird.

This cadre is made up of Latinx women and non-binary creators with debut and sophomore fictional books for children and teens releasing between Fall 2018–2019.

An Amazon-inspired network of preschools could be in America's future, and more in NewsBites.