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Take a look at some of the most rare children's books in the world . . .
A pediatric cardiologist in the Bronx writes three young adult novels then pens a thoroughly touching tale of a girl and her grandfather. Learn more about this story and its origins.
A graphic memoir and fantasy tales are on the table for 2026.
I know I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren’t for the people who helped me get through that early, rough period of trying to figure out how to be a writer.
A writer once told me that when I’m not feeling inspired, I should go out and collect life experiences so I would have things to “add to the pile of stuff” I could write about. I thought it was odd advice at the time, but now I get it.
A Newbery panel you won't want to miss at ALA Annual in San Diego.
Today we've ten terrific titles penned for adults but with some sort of connection to the world of children's literature.
Teen librarian Karen Jensen discusses the concept of teens only programming
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Upstaged from Little Brown Ink and Fluffle Bunnies Volume 1 Buns Gone Bad from Tundra Books.
Centering dignity and equity, authors strive to normalize the topic of menstruation and show how different people experience it.
Which picture books have been checked out the most at my school library this year? Let's have a look . . .
What's big, green, and loves minor league baseball? Today we dive into a Bill Joyce book we've never done before an determine where Bob stands in the pantheon of picture books.
Celebrating Asian American Native Hawai’ian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Comic Books for Kids with Angela Frederick
Kelkar talks about her latest book, AND YET YOU SHINE.
A Romanian girl immigrates to Montreal and learns to deal with her period in this middle-grade coming-of-age story.
I hope that reading the book will give readers living with chronic illness a little bit of the gift it gave me as I wrote it.
Part of why we're focusing on middle grade this year on TLT is because discoverability can feel so challenging, with chain stores stocking less MG than ever before. New authors face an even bigger challenge because kids (and their grown-ups) often gravitate toward established authors they know they will like.
Vol. 3 of the illustrated fantasy novel series Children of the Phoenix is coming in December, and it will be the darkest one yet.
Without The Diamond in the Window introducing me to chambered nautiluses all those years ago, I might still be sitting at my laptop staring at a blank page.
Narrative nonfiction has the same goals as any novel – to use these same techniques of conflict, setting, characterization, etc. to build a world that a reader cares about.
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