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With all the talk of middle grade novels and the need for concise reads, Torrey Maldonado stands as the king of such texts. We talk with him today.
Remy Lai fans, come one! Come all! Come read an interview with the cartoonist genius herself and check out this exclusive excerpt from her latest title!
"How would Jewish people take to anthropomorphic animals? You mean cute mice were okay for Christmas books, but Jewish children shouldn’t have cute bears? Was I missing something?" Jane Breskin Zalben discusses her classic series.
I’m getting greedy in my old age, folks. Time was when I’d be content to do an interview here and an exclusive excerpt reveal of a novel for kids there. Now? I want it all, baby! Both an interview AND an excerpt! This bad behavior may never be corrected either, because today I’m getting precisely […]
Just in time for Father's Day we're joined by Michael and Joshua Sampson, a father/son team, discussing their first collaboration together.
Menstruation isn't the forbidden topic it used to be. Today we're discussing CODE RED with author Joy McCullough and doing a deep dive into period parity.
What we have here is a work of narrative nonfiction that will completely suck in child readers. I talk with the man behind one of the best books for kids in 2023, bar none.
Today we're talking with Stephanie Lucianovic about viral tweets, wildfires, and the reality of those early COVID days captured so perfectly in her upcoming verse middle grade novel.
Banning books isn't new and books about banning books isn't new but picture books about banning books? Now THAT is new and nothing shows that off better than the latest from Aya Khalil.
I almost never do this, but today I'm looking at a book that came out a little while ago. Why? Because it's important and because author Jyoti Rajan Gopal took the time to talk to me about it.