Daniel Nayeri’s latest middle-grade book, Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story), is an autobiographical work of fiction. In today’s guest post on the Mackin Community Blog, Nayeri presents a [...]
Generation Z (born between 1996 and 2009) and Generation Alpha (born in 2010 or later) have the potential to be the most politically informed and engaged generations this country has ever seen. [...]
Rex Ogle’s debut Free Lunch won the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award and received several starred reviews. In the book, Ogle uses his remarkable storytelling skills to chronicle his [...]
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager & Makerspace Specialist Have you ever wondered why so many people believe in “fake news”? One reason for this is cognitive bias, which is [...]
When I brought home the book Trapped in a Video Game by Dustin Brady, I hoped it would be an entertaining chapter book to read aloud with my seven-year-old son. At that time, he enjoyed playing [...]
More times than I can count, I have heard all kinds of artists call their latest release a “baby” and lament in interviews the process of letting something they’ve cared for long and [...]
Nic Stone’s 2017 debut novel, Dear Martin, was a New York Times Bestseller, a William C. Morris Award Finalist, an ALAN / Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist—and according to Tia, the educator [...]
How do an author’s childhood experiences translate to the written page? In today’s guest post on the Mackin Community Blog, author Christine Kendall shares about the process of writing her new [...]
