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Check out some exciting easy and fiction titles that have come out this month. ELEMENTARY PICTURE BOOKS         Caterpillar Dreams by Clive McFarland. 9780062386366. 2017. Gr K-2. Henri the [...]

These exciting nonfiction titles have been published in January. PRIMARY NONFICTION         Fancy Party Gowns : The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe by Deborah Blumenthal (ill. by Laura [...]

Anyone who follows my work knows that I am passionate about creating makerspaces that are unique to individual school communities. I have said many times that: “No two makerspaces should be [...]

Fifty years ago, The Outsiders was first introduced to readers. A young outsider herself, Susan Eloise (S.E.) Hinton wrote about the life she saw and lived as a teenager. She wrote about the [...]

Happy New Year!  Update your popular series with these books that will be published in January. Enjoy! PRIMARY SERIES & SEQUELS           Always Watch Out for the Flying Potato Salad (Here’s [...]

The 2017 Youth Media Awards will be announced on Monday, January 23, from Atlanta. Our staff of librarians has compiled a list of titles suggested in Mock Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz posts [...]

From a young age, Don Tate loved drawing. But reading? No. That was of no interest to him—unless the books and magazines had to do with art or drawing.

The cat got out. That was the reason New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm missed the call announcing her second Newbery Honor. But that wasn’t the only Newbery call she missed. She [...]