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Review of the Day: Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
Hats off to Stand Up, Yumi Chung! Sure it’s a funny story couched in a meaningful one, but for what it’s saying and how it says it, I award it a great big rubber chicken. It may not be a work of grit and suffering, but it’s fun and that, to my mind, is worth all the hoity-toity awards in the world.
Press Release Fun: Children’s Books Written by Well-known Authors of Adult Books at the Grolier Club
A little-known and unexpected aspect of 20th century literature is the delightful discovery that some well-known authors also wrote one or more children’s books. This unusual literary theme is explored in the exhibition They Also Wrote Children’s Books, on view in the Grolier Club’s second floor gallery from March 4 through May 2, 2020.
A Most Beautiful Reveal of The Most Beautiful Thing: Cover Reveal and Interview with Kao Kalia Yang
"You have the most to learn from the perspectives that are hardest to find in the world." For today's cover reveal, American Hmong author Kao Kalia Yang discusses the story behind her remarkable and beautiful upcoming picture book The Most Beautiful Thing, and how intersectionality informs her writing.
Cover Reveal: The Campaign by Leila Sales
Humor, hijinks, and activism? Must be today's President's Day book jacket reveal.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Day the Babies Crawled Away With Special Guest Star Aaron Reynolds!!
A book that isn't afraid to be a little weird is a book I can truly respect. Guest star Aaron Reynolds suggests this Peggy Rathmann classic, to the benefit of all.
Review of the Day: Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
No series of rote facts, Overground Railroad puts you in the shoes of the ordinary people that had to leave everything and everyone they knew in search of a better life. Historical events like The Great Migration are vague. This book hands young readers not just specifics. It hands them people they can get to know and care about.
Feminism and Representation in Fables: An Interview and Cover Reveal with Natalie Portman
Representation and children's books. I talk fables and fairytales with Natalie Portman.
Sydney Taylor Blog Tour: Talking With Andrew Maraniss About Games of Deception
Each year, the winners of the Sydney Taylor are "sent", as it were, on blog tours. And today, I am pleased beyond measure to be speaking with Andrew Maraniss, winner of the Sydney Taylor Honor for Middle Grade, for his book Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany.
Putting the Big Bang In Its Place: Guest Post by Marissa Moss
The other day publisher and author Marissa Moss of Creston Books sent me an interesting query. We all know that the bar has risen for nonfiction authors and even, to a certain extent, illustrators of children's books. But what is the role of the publisher in all this? A guest post on accuracy in nonfiction.