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 [...]
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 [...]
Each Nina Crews picture book beckons young readers to explore and promises them that ordinary moments can be transformed into the exceptional. Crews is especially known for her dynamic [...]
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager & Makerspace Specialist As a new school library project manager, I team with librarians and principals to curate book collections for [...]
A new Carl Hiaasen novel for young readers has been a cause for celebration since his first book for kids—Hoot (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2002)—was named a Newbery Honor winner. And Wrecker [...]
In any given group of kids, it’s not a surprise to meet up with someone like the Big Cheese—the child who’s always bragging about being the best. Or to sit down next to the Couch Potato, the [...]
From his opening line— “The first time I was stoned to death by an angry mob, I was not even a criminal”—the twelve-year-old narrator of Daniel Nayeri’s newest book, The Many Assassinations of [...]
