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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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Rebecca Stead takes us behind the scenes of THE EXPERIMENT.
They're gorgeous! They're glorious! They're amazing! They're... completely ineligible for the Caldecott Award. But that doesn't mean we can't celebrate them in other ways.
Humor may be subjective but odds are at least a couple of the books on this list will deeply amuse some child in your life/classroom.
Are you a serious children's book reader who loves to discuss the best of the best? Now's your chance to volunteer for the Heavy Medal Award Committee. Participants will take part in in-depth book discussion and a live webcast leading to the selection of our Mock Newbery winner. Apply online by December 12th.
An overview of some recent graphic novel titles that feature detectives and mysteries.
What graphic novels were popular at my school in 2025? Let's look!
Rhymes: They're harder than they look. Wanna know how to write them? Let today's book selection be your guide.
Mendez structures The Story of My Anger so that it demonstrates ways to express anger, the danger of holding it all in, and the need for community.
Artist Scott Campbell (AKA Scott C.) has a weird new kids comic book, an anthology of short stories set in his silly world of "Head" characters.
When I started researching this book, I came across countless other invisible women, scientists whose achievements and contributions were overlooked, ignored, trivialized, or cannibalized by their male peers.
Here are twelve books I read, loved, and didn’t review in 2025.
It may be the winter holiday season, but this list looks at EVERY season and every holiday it can. Bask in them!
As we enter the last month of the year, it's time to compare the top children's books on Heavy Medal to recently announced "best of the year" lists from review journals and public libraries.
Tis a gift to be simple, so that's what we're celebrating today! Enjoy these picture books for our younger readers, one and all.
One of the things I’m happiest to create for my library teens are recommendation booklets. I love talking face to face with teens about what they’re reading and what they’re looking for, but let’s face it–some of them do not want to talk to an adult at the library they want to browse in silence […]
Here's a look at the graphic novels that publishers have been acquiring, and when we can expect to see them.
Storytelling helps teens reflect, translate their inner world into language, and hear themselves with clarity.
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is coming to be known as Giving Tuesday, and I have just the thing to celebrate. Interested in giving to a good cause? Are you a fan of literacy? This is the guide for you. Updated for 2025, here are some of the literacy-focused organizations doing good work. Pitch in a […]
Whether you want to pep up your average storytime session or you're just starting out and in need of inspiration, here's a list of those picture books that just beg to be read out loud to large groups!
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen highlights 2 books for teens for World AIDS Day
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