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Review of the Day: Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. Bagram Ibatoulline
Extraordinarily beautiful and more than a little wise, now you can convert your verse loving science haters and convert your science hating poetry-lovers, all in one fell swoop.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. Yvonne Buchanan
It is, to the best of our knowledge, the ur text when it comes to Juneteenth picture books. In her very FIRST picture book, Carole Boston Weatherford way way back in 1995 made a name for herself. But how is this first Juneteenth picture book?
The Multi-Interview: Accompanying the SLJ Piece “Authors Tackle Complex Topics in Children’s Nonfiction”
Bonus content! Why interview just one author when you can interview a slew? Today we speak with a host of different nonfiction creators of children's books to figure out how they make their difficult topics child appropriate.
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Book Announcement and Q&A: IF KAMALA CAN – A Talk with Carole Boston Weatherford and Ariana Pacino
A new kind of Kamala Harris picture book is on the horizon, slated for 2025, and today we're talking with the creators all about it.
Review of the Day: Outspoken Paul Robeson by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. Eric Velasquez
If you’re going to do a biography of a complicated subject, and bring any kind of nuance to the telling, then you better saddle up and pour your heart and soul into the effort. You’re going to have to make a book like this one.
An Unspeakable Interview: Talking with Carole Boston Weatherford & Floyd Cooper About the Tulsa Race Massacre
"I do not think that young readers are too tender for tough topics." I talk with Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper about their nonfiction picture book on the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Video Sunday: Butterfly in the sky / I can go twice as high (thanks in large part to physics)…
Happy news, neighborinos! Today I bring unto you a video from BookFest, a yearly celebration of children’s literature hosted (these days) by Bank Street College of Education. Kidlit TV recorded almost the entire thing live and then put it on air. This year I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion with funny folks […]
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