Month: October 2018

Bai Phi’s A Different Pond

In A Different Pond, author, Bao Phi, and illustrator, Thi Bui, both Vietnamese Americans, create a necessary and impactful story that is both a tribute to their working-class new immigrant childhoods and a valuable #OwnVoices contribution to children’s literature. The story is anchored in a purposeful fishing trip a father […]

Paul Czajak’s The Book Tree

Written by Paul Czajak and illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh, The Book Tree reads like a love letter to books in all their sensual glory. Czajak lingers on descriptions of the scent and sound of books as his story of a tyrant’s failed attempt to destroy all books, and a boy’s […]

Anna Humphrey’s Megabat

In Anna Humphrey’s Megabat, a boy named Daniel leaves his friends, school, and home behind when his family moves to a new city. He is unenthusiastic about his creaky, kind of creepy, new house and resolutely refuses to try to make friends; that is, until he is jolted out of […]

Only 5 Days Left to Nominate Your Favorite #kidlit and #YA Books for a Cybils Awards!

The 2018 Nomination categories include: Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books Elementary/Middle-Grade Nonfiction Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction Fiction Picture Books/Board Books Graphic Novels Junior/Senior High Nonfiction Middle-Grade Fiction Poetry Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Speculative Fiction Follow this link to nominate your favorite books in all our categories. You have until […]

J.E. Morris’s new series Maud the Koala

J.E. Morris’s new series Maud the Koala introduces early readers to a wonderfully relatable character and helps build visual literacy as well as reading confidence. The series is thoughtfully illustrated in the tradition of comics with action moving across panels and tiers. Full-page spreads allow the reader to become immersed […]