Politics in Practice
October 23, 2025 by Betsy Bird
Memory and nostalgia in a Hmong home in St. Paul fuels this enticing picture book. I talk with the creators to learn more about nostalgia and the role architecture plays in our memories.
September 16, 2025 by Betsy Bird
Seems to me the more books we can devise that confront racism, the better. But how do you confront a hate crime in a picture book? Today's title does precisely that.
February 18, 2020 by Betsy Bird
"You have the most to learn from the perspectives that are hardest to find in the world." For today's cover reveal, American Hmong author Kao Kalia Yang discusses the story behind her remarkable and beautiful upcoming picture book The Most Beautiful Thing, and how intersectionality informs her writing.
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
Teen Librarian Toolbox
by Amanda MacGregor
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