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Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?
Every school librarian has a different chaos tolerance level when it comes to storytime, and I've seen them all.
Here it is, the unfiltered, up-to-the-second look at the most popular books in our school library. For context: our school serves kindergarten through third grade. In this popular titles list you’ll find some Jasper the Rabbit, some American Girl and Ripley’s, and of course, a solid showing from Dav Pilkey (with a sprinkling of Dory, […]
Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko has a new book out next summer with an intriguing title: Last Night at the Carnival Graveyard. Today we'll take a look at the cover for the first time.
Can you name these 3 books by their LEGO-fied covers?
The best (see: only) case cover and endpaper awards in children’s literature are back! Together with Mel Schuit and Carter Higgins, the 2026 Undies and Endies are officially up and running. It’s time to submit your favorite case covers and endpapers of the year. First up, the Undies Case Cover Awards. What’s a case cover, […]
In September . . . . . . we checked in on some Newbery and Caldecott prospects. The Mock Newbery and Caldecott lists over at Goodreads are always worth a peek. . . . I shared 10 (and then a lot more than 10) books I’m looking forward to this fall. Why share just 10? […]
Personally, I’m still recovering from the completely epic Eliza Kinkz cover reveal/interview over at A Fuse #8 Production recently. But while recuperating, I wanted to highlight a very cool solution she devised for a common author visit problem. As Eliza shares here, her school visits would often end with student drawing requests going unmet. To […]
Over at the New York Times, I shared 10 books for fans of the the Who Would Win? series. I leaned into the “versus” aspect of those books, with some fiction, nonfiction, picture book, and early reader options. FYI: I’m sharing the gift link to read below, but the New York Times website has changed […]
Colby talks with a living legend.
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