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One Star Review, Guess Who? (#224)
Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads? I feel this represents an individual who gets engulfed by his ambitions and does not know when to stop which is not a characteristic I would like to convey to my students. Click here for the answer. Why do I share these? […]
Books on Film Double Feature: Long-Form Selznick and a New Children’s Book Doc
Two for the price of one!
10 to Note: Winter Preview 2026
I sifted through nearly a thousand children’s books coming out in December, January, and February to bring you the ten that most jumped out to me. Let’s get started . . . Picture Books The Rare Bird by Elisha Cooper February 24 | Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan) | Grades K-2 Cooper’s last effort, the excellent […]
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Rebecca Stead’s EXPERIMENT
Newbery winner Rebecca Stead is our guest on the latest episode of The Yarn podcast. We go behind the scenes of Stead’s latest middle grade novel, The Experiment. We also talk about how this year’s Newbery winner, The First State of Being (by Erin Entrada Kelly), was in part inspired by Stead’s 2010 Newbery winner […]
Cover Reveal Q&A: LILY-MAY’S JOYFUL DAY by John Schu & Holly Hatam
An interview with John Schu and Holly Hatam, and a cover reveal for their upcoming book, LILY-MAY'S JOYFUL DAY.
Our 2026 Mock Caldecott Results!
Kids have voted! And the winners of our 2026 Mock Caldecott are . . .
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2025 Children’s Lit: The Year in Miscellanea
It’s time to take a look back at the year that was in children’s lit miscellanea.
10 Books I Loved (But Didn’t Actually Review) In 2025
Here are twelve books I read, loved, and didn’t review in 2025.
The 2025 Bookish Charitable Giving Guide
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is coming to be known as Giving Tuesday, and I have just the thing to celebrate. Interested in giving to a good cause? Are you a fan of literacy? This is the guide for you. Updated for 2025, here are some of the literacy-focused organizations doing good work. Pitch in a […]
The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2025
Here’s to children’s books that expand our assumptions of what a children’s book can be.
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