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For Some Reason They Let me Interview Questlove & S.A. Cosby??? I’m Not Questioning It
"They aren’t the cookie-cutter tweens and tweens, or cookie-cutter Black characters, or cookie-cutter parts of cookie-cutter families. They are complicated and outsiders and more admirable and loveable for it." Oh yeah. We're talking to Questlove today.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport, ill. Bryan Collier
"CELEBRATE PERSON!" That's how I've always felt about this Doreen Cronin series (and their Big Face Book Jackets). But this book is, to my mind, the Martin Luther King book to beat all other Martin Luther King books. Agree?
Newbery/Caldecott 2026: Final Prediction Edition
Am I right? Does it matter? Let's have some fun blindly throwing darts at a wall.
The Out-of-Print: A Proposal (with a Rabbit hOle Twist)
What if you could assign any illustrator to any out-of-print children's book?
Review of the Day: The House With Nobody In It by Jon Klassen
This book works its way into the fissures and cracks of children's gray matter, affecting their reading preferences for, potentially, their entire life. For that to happen, you need something a little weird, and special. You need a book like this.
Cover Reveal and Q&A: A Place to Dance by Eric Rosswood with Richard Lamberty, and illustrated by Vincent Chen
"How do I acknowledge the harm without letting it dominate the story or overshadow the light? How can I stay truthful about the past while keeping the focus on queer joy?" Learn the answers to these questions in this glorious cover reveal and Q&A.
Publisher Spotlight Spring/Summer Preview!
Today we turn again to the small publishers, seeing what they have coming out. Get ready for books from Beaming Books, Eternal Tree Books, NSTA Kids, and Shout Mouse Press
Publisher Spotlight Spring/Summer 2026 Preview!
Today we turn again to the small publishers, seeing what they have coming out. Get ready for books from Beaming Books, Eternal Tree Books, NSTA Kids, and Shout Mouse Press
Sibert 2026 Predictions! It’s Nonfiction, Man.
With absolutely ZERO experience ever deciding a Sibert Medal or honorees, but with a full-blooded appreciation for informational books for kids in all their glory, here's what I'm loving right now and what I think has a fightin' chance.
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