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Author Jyoti Chand joins us to talk about her new book, FITTING INDIAN.
While normally this feature looks at adult books about children's literature, today we're featuring children's authors that also write books for adults. Just watch out for the pen names!
Abrams and Marvel continue their "Mighty Marvel Team-Up" series of original graphic novels with a new character and new creators.
Contributor Riley Jensen shares a list of books and shows for those who enjoyed the show The Good Place.
I have compiled a handful of more-or-less tangible examples: what they did, the doors they opened, and the things they made possible.
While Ewing’s writing style is accessible and engaging, I found myself taking breaks to reflect on bits of information while simultaneously wanting to pass the book along so that I could talk with someone about the bits of information I was digesting.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Masks from Andrews McMeel and Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis Expanded Edition from Dark Horse Comics.
Are we in the midst of a dystopian revival? It certainly seems like it, and I AM HERE FOR IT. Like, literally.
Today's book features everything from "drooping lupines" to a "hot rump of a melon." In the heat of summer we consider how well this Hesse/Muth combo has aged and how it would fare if published today.
Contributor Riley Jensen gives some show and book recommendations similar Squid Game.
A young girl defends her kindergarten against evil spirits in this scary, yet adorable, manga.
In Andy Hirsch's new graphic novel, we meet a perpetually nervous boy and his very nervous new dog and watch as their friendship grows and they help each other out of their anxiety.
I'm reading as fast as I can, but the book mail is arriving faster than I can read! Scroll on through all these recent arrivals here at TLT to find some great things to add to your TBR!
"After publishing A First Time for Everything I’ll admit I was a little burned out and wanted to shift back into doing something silly and appealing to kids." Dan Santat discusses his latest (very silly) graphic novel series.
Librarian Alison Plaff joins Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts to walk us through creating paper bag junk journals
I once heard an accomplished children’s author say, when asked what her new novel was about, “Oh, you know, growing up and stuff.”
Today we dip a toe into three upcoming picture book translations, as beautiful and different from one another as can be.
Everyone has a special ability, and not everyone uses theirs for good, in this series that also runs on Webtoon.
For me libraries have been, quite literally, a place of adventure and magic. So I think it was only natural that when it came time to find a setting for my book idea about a family who collects magical objects, I would choose a library.
What role does a retreat for enthusiasts of children's literature play in the full pantheon of history? I speculate (and show cute photos of ducks).
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Punycorn and the Princess of Thieves from Clarion Books and Quinnelope and the Unicorn Untopia from Oni Press.
Author Kristin Nilsen joins us to talk about her new book, THE SCOTT FENWICK DIARIES.
We finally do one of my most reliable storytime readalouds. Where would I be without Duck, his antics, and the array of animal sounds this book lets you indulge in?
A special LIVE episode with all the 2025 Newbery winners!
A middle-aged detective pairs up with a teenage apprentice in this screwball manga.
This is, truly, essential reading.
Contributor Riley Jensen gives steps on how to make a beaded fish keychain.
This utopia [New Gault], with its free meals for students, name tags, and continuous positivity, along with the ways Lu and Sebas work to provide space for each other, makes for such a tender story.
I hope you friendly readers find some good things to add to your TBR lists or your library and classroom collections!
"He is everything in the shape of fun!" High praise for one of our first children's book creators. We discuss Edward Lear, and how he encouraged us to play. NOT to conform.
"He is everything in the shape of fun!" High praise for one of our first children's book creators. We discuss Edward Lear, and how he encouraged us to play. NOT to conform.
The Extraordinary Visions is a steampunk adventure series inspired by the imaginings of Jules Verne.
Authors Chris Baron, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Shana Youngdahl, and Caroline Starr Rose talk about community, hope, courage, and wildfires.
The big guys may have all the money, but they sure as heck don't have books like these.
Quinnelope and her pals set out to prove that unicorns are real in the third volume of this colorful middle-grade series.
A large percent of our disabled population is getting subpar care and the only way we’re ever truly going to see change is by speaking about and voting for health equity.
Proof positive that sometimes the best books for kids come from the unlikeliest of sources about the unlikeliest of people.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring What Was Built to be a Ship of Dreams: The Titanic from Penguin Young Readers Group and Jazzy the Witch: Broom Doom from Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Fast Five Interview: Keith Ward, Karl Buechner, and Jeremy Mueller: Three Voices, One Epic Adventure
The authors of The Unraveling: The Counsel of Crows join us talk about their book.
In tackling our first Patricia McKissack title we consider how well this introduces segregation for kids (and whether or not Tricia Ann makes it home again!).
Regardless of what words are used to describe literature that embraces white and BIPOC lives as well as those who have disabilities or are LGBTQIA+, regardless the words that are banned to describe these marginalizations, people who are really doing the work and not just following a trend, will continue to find ways to get it done.
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses the ways in which today's world is pushing teens to the margins, and to the brink
The Riverdale pals hit the amusement park and get pranked by ghosts in our exclusive preview of Betty & Veronica: Summer Fun in the Sun.
Contributor Riley Jensen shares show books and shows that have a similar vibe to the new Netflix movie K-Pop Demon Hunters.
The subtitle is spot on. This is a field trip through one color, and like every good field trip it leaves you seeing your world with new eyes once you’re done. Beautiful and necessary.
Lucy Knisley's Peapod Farm trilogy wraps up with a heartwarming winter tale about family, friendship, and acceptance.
Told in verse, this powerful and compassionate look at bravery, grief, climate change, and activism puts readers right in the heart of the action.
Nanaboozhoo stories, Carl Jung’s ideas on dream psychology, and struggles with depression and anxiety all inform this stunning (and fun) picture book of the ultimate rez dog trickster.
Author Donna Galanti joins us to talk about her new book, LOON COVE SUMMER.
In Rob Justus' new graphic novel for younger readers, lonely super-powered eight-year-old Superman makes some new friends...just in time to help him defeat a milkshake-making robot run amok.
When we ban books or defund music programs, we don't just silence stories; we sever lifelines. We remove safe, creative pathways for young people to explore emotion, identity, and connection.
A video and discussion! Erin discusses how she and Phil work together, how they have "the world's nicest fans", and why she can never show the corners of a room in an Amos book
It was a wild month for suggestions! About 25 people suggested 80 books (TWENTY ONE of those being new titles) as 2026 Mock Newbery contenders
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Bizarre Bazaar Volume 1 Mirror Town and Yaiba Samurai Legend Volume 1 from Viz Media.
Author Kalla Harris discusses her YA novel, THE GROUND THAT DEVOURS US, and writing with a chronic illness
I won't lie. This may be my favorite Fuse 8 n' Kate episode in years. We've never done this 1940s classic, and now it's time to determine precisely why.
Contributor Riley Jensen reviews The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala, coming September of this year.
Finnish in origin, today's book discusses a rather universal moment: When a trusted and beloved parent chooses a child’s safety over that of an animal’s.
Two young men build a connection through expression and sign language in this heartwarming manga.
TLT Contributor Riley Jensen shares a simple DIY craft that can help you use up some of those random bottles of paint you have lying around
Newly returned from the American Library Association Annual Conference in Philly, I turn my attention to the Creative Company at the swell titles they've planned for the fall.
Newly returned from the American Library Association Annual Conference in Philly, I turn my attention to Creative Editions and the swell titles they've planned for the fall.
In a new steampunk adventure imported from Europe, Mickey and his friends (and even his enemy!) must team-up to save the world from the most unusual sort of catastrophe.
TLT Contributor Riley Jensen walks us through a DIY tutorial for making hand-made pop-up cards.
Corinna Luyken joins us today! We talk aesthetics and vibes and the mental anguish a parent endures when their kid refuses to allow their hair to be brushed (or cut!).
Contributor Riley Jensen shares some YA books that center main characters with disabilities for Disability Pride Month
TADPOLE'S UNKNOWING REVENGE! That's the makeshift title we came up with for this tale of love and hunger.
We're halfway through 2025 and have built a list of 50 potential Mock Newbery 2026 contenders. Now it's time to add July suggestions.
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Miss Camper from Graphix and Free Piano (Not Haunted) from Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
For many of us, ALA Annual is a place, both physical and social, where we come for a particular experience. To move foreward, we have to consider how did this place get to be what it is? And, what dominant forces are maintained here?
Author E. L. Starling discusses how the movie Interstellar and family discussions about terraforming led to the book BOUND BY STARS
I learned so much about myself while writing this book. As a mother. As a daughter. As a cycle-breaker. As a storyteller. And I’ve come to realize just how quickly perfectionism can sabotage all four of those roles.
I'm burning through my TBR, which feels good, after months of it just growing out of control. Hope you find some good things to add to your own summer TBR!
Someone's raising money for trans and nonbinary youth and creators? Get on this, people!! It's happening today!
The stars of Saturday AM team up to save the multiverse in the action-packed one-shot.
Summer means I can grab the book mail the second it drops on my doorstep and tear into it. It also means I can put it in my TBR and know that I might actually get to it sometime soon.
It's that time again! I may be at the American Library Association conference but a whole host of the books I'm presenting to you today have more than a smidgen of international flair. We have some gorgeous titles on display here, just ready for you.
A boy who wants to be a superhero travels through Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City wearing a cat mask in a new graphic novel coming this fall from Nakama Press.
What if I wrote about a girl who was devoted to a dream but then lost it all: a girl who, like me, had been a bright, perfectionistic student, and gave everything to an institution that didn’t love her back?
A graphic novel focusing on book bans and discussions of Iran? Can you think of more timely topics? I reveal the cover of Jarrett Dapier's latest and he tells an honestly gripping story of its origins.
Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts "Level Up"s her programming with a diy tutorial for stained glass crafts that feature Pokemon, characters that level up
Living and creating with my partner is one of the great joys of my life. Love is an experience. Love is work. It comes with ease and also requires discipline. Don’t think about it too much. Just do it.
"Thrill and adventure are not just for dads!" We're talking today with debut illustrator Ishita Jain about a Kirkus starred Neal Porter picture book with a lot to say about moms and motorcycles.
This adaptation of Maggie Stiefvater's novel starts slow but builds up momentum as it goes, heading toward a gripping climax.
In this follow-up to Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen is running for president of the sixth grade against popular Sonia Shah in this contemporary story of friendship, family, and community action.
How do you create the ultimate lupine cynic? This early reader series holds the answer, so we're going to grill the creators to see what makes Lone Wolf tick.
. I hope this book takes young readers to a place of hope, understanding that when we confront the carefully constructed myths about the country, consider who benefits from this and who is harmed, when we are finally able to dismantle this legacy of lies, we can heal and be fully free.
Here's a look at the graphic novels that publishers have been acquiring, and when we can expect to see them.
If you are a teen librarian, please feel free to use any of these techniques to make sure THREAT OF THE SPIDER is at the top of your circulation list!
This book lies to children. Sorta. In this first in a two-part series, we discuss metamorphosis, babushkas, and why I remain the Nonfiction Stickler of my age.
Ahmad provides readers with a unique way to understand the complexities of life, and a compelling reason to figure things out: to get back “home”.
Ming Lee has just started middle-school and struggles to feel like he belongs. Will his attempts to do so run afoul of his father's constant exhortation to not cause trouble?
Another array of beautiful titles from this small Michigan publisher. Imports and homegrown books that are sure to entice kids everywhere (if you take a close look at them).
Today we have a preview of the second issue of The Last Witch: Blood and Betrayal, by by Conor McCreery (Kill Shakespeare) and V.V. Glass (Doctor Who), published by BOOM! Studios under their BOOM! Box imprint. As you may remember from our preview of the first issue, this is a YA story set in medieval […]
What is the best Juneteenth picture book ever made? Today we discuss a serious contender with both the author and illustrator. What better way to celebrate the day?
Teen librarian Karen Jensen does a walk through on using Canva and then a Cricut Joy Xtra to make your own stickers, great for programming or makerspaces
Any interest in a picture book described by its illustrator as "Wizard of Oz set in a graveyard"? I talk with the creators about a book with the sweetest Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse you ever did encounter.
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