William Alexander 2012 National Book Award Winner
Every year, the National Book Foundation honors four authors with the National Book Award. In 2012 the panel of judges reviewed 1,200 books, and two of Minnesota’s own took top honors: Louise [...]
Minh Lê: Readers Are Perhaps My Most Important Collaborators
Melissa Stewart: Sharing the Excitement of Nonfiction
Melissa Stewart’s website notes that if she were to be a type of punctuation, she’d be a question mark. That’s the perfect choice for a writer who enjoys asking questions, researching new topics, [...]
Peter Brown: Combining Words and Pictures in Surprising Ways
Peter Brown’s mix of adventure, humor, and timely insights have turned his Wild Robot series of illustrated middle grade novels into bestsellers. The third installment, The Wild Robot Protects [...]
Traci Sorell: Using Our Gifts to Help, Inspire, and Contribute
Traci Sorell, an award-winning author and a Cherokee Nation citizen, has written a wide range of books for readers of different ages, including both fiction and nonfiction, contemporary and [...]
Michaela Goade: Finding Connection and Grounding to Place
As the winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal for We Are Water Protectors (written by Carole Lindstrom, Roaring Brook, 2020), Michaela Goade became the first Indigenous person and BIPOC woman to [...]
Rethinking Thanksgiving Through Indigenous Perspectives
Growing up, I always looked forward to the Thanksgiving holiday. It was a time to gather with family and celebrate being thankful for life’s blessings. As I grew older and encountered multiple [...]