Real headline alert! A profile of Jon Klassen. Click here to read.

Shannon Hale shares her author visit experiences as a female writer. Eye opening, must read stuff. Click here to read.

On the list of the 50 most translated books, children’s books are all over the place. Click here to see the infographic.

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel; illustrated by Jon Klassen. Out October 6, 2015

They’re calling this “a gothic tale for fans of Coraline.” A boy is visited by a wasp queen, who promises to save his baby brother. Sounds sufficiently creepy to me.

When a cover change is worse than the original.

Wanna see my favorite book win the Newbery? Wanna see what the Youth Media Awards were like before they were called the Youth Media Awards? Wanna see a year when the Caldecott was announced last (instead of the usual Newbery grand finale)? Let’s get in the time machine and travel back to 1999.