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All around them, shots fired at aircraft that burst into flames. Bao Phi’s family held their breath as they waited for their plane to rescue them from war-torn Vietnam. Against all odds, [...]

Very rarely is there a book published that is completely original and groundbreaking. But Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (Readers to Eaters, 2017) completely breaks the mold when it [...]

“I didn’t want to be an author when I grew up,” admits award-winning author Catherine Thimmesh, “I never even knew it was an option.” As a child, Thimmesh loved to write. There were no [...]

Artist Bryan Collier’s work speaks to thousands of readers with its signature combination of collage and watercolor that automatically pulls them into the illustrations. Full of textures and rich [...]

He was supposed to be a doctor. At least, that is the career his parents chose for him. And that is the path he followed until the day a career fair came to his college campus. But let’s not get [...]

Ellen Oh is an author, but oh so much more. She not only has a professional background in law and in education, but she is also the co-founder, president, and CEO of We Need Diverse Books.

Margarita Engle has received multiple Pura Belpré Awards, a Newbery Honor, and several other accolades; and she is currently serving a two-year term as The Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet [...]

Chris Harris has built a successful comedy career as a writer and producer for the television shows How I Met Your Mother and The Late Show with David Letterman.