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Take Five: Magic Schools in Middle Grade

Take Five: Magic Schools in Middle Grade
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Oct 25, 2024
Readers can let their imaginations run wild thinking about how different their days would be if they attended a school focused on honing magical skills.
From School Library Journal: Amanda’s Potential Printz Picks

From School Library Journal: Amanda’s Potential Printz Picks
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Oct 24, 2024
Top 2025 Printz Award contenders include poetry, stories featuring characters at both the younger and older ends of the age spectrum, graphic works, and an author who could get her fourth Printz recognition.
UPDATE: Indigenous History Book Returned to Nonfiction Section in Texas | Censorship News

UPDATE: Indigenous History Book Returned to Nonfiction Section in Texas | Censorship News
SLJ Staff,  Oct 24, 2024

Widespread outrage and condemnation forced Montgomery County (TX) library system to return Colonization and the Wampanoag Story to the nonfiction shelves; a Tennessee county school district has removed more than 400 books; a Kentucky county district removes books after conservative mailer; and more.

Keeping It Real: Eight Standout Nonfiction Graphic Novels | Stellar Panels

Keeping It Real: Eight Standout Nonfiction Graphic Novels | Stellar Panels
Brigid Alverson,  Oct 24, 2024

In these recent releases, text and visuals complement each other to explain complicated concepts such as historical battles and biological cycles. 

Book Review: Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Christine Mari

Book Review: Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Christine Mari
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Oct 23, 2024
Powerful, affecting, and ultimately hopeful. Just beautiful.
Take Five: Middle Grade Novels Featuring Ghosts

Take Five: Middle Grade Novels Featuring Ghosts
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Oct 18, 2024
Given that October means endless talk about spooky stuff, Halloween ideas, and all things ghostly, I figured why not round up a few booooks featuring ghosts?
Texas County Moves Indigenous History Children's Book to Fiction Section | Censorship News

Texas County Moves Indigenous History Children's Book to Fiction Section | Censorship News
SLJ Staff,  Oct 17, 2024

After a challenge, Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs was moved to fiction at the Montgomery County (TX) libraries; Kokila won't back down from its mission to empower children and publish diverse titles; and more news.

Book Review: Pick the Lock by A. S. King

Book Review: Pick the Lock by A. S. King
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Oct 11, 2024
Undeniably one of the weirdest and best books I've read in my lifetime of reading.
Take Five: New Middle Grade Graphic Novels for October

Take Five: New Middle Grade Graphic Novels for October
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Oct 11, 2024
If I had a dollar for every time I said something to the effect of "graphic novels are real books" or "reading graphic novels is reading" to someone disparaging them... well, I couldn't quit my job, but I would have a LOT of dollars.
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