Teen Librarian Toolbox
June 28, 2025 by Betsy Bird
Someone's raising money for trans and nonbinary youth and creators? Get on this, people!! It's happening today!
May 29, 2025 by Betsy Bird
Are you prepping for Gay Pride Month? Then you better HOPE you have this book on your shelves already. I review a rediscovered plethora of ten queer folk and fairytales, repurposed for 21st century kids today.
June 6, 2024 by Betsy Bird
This isn’t just A werewolf book for kids. It is THE werewolf book for kids.
March 12, 2024 by Betsy Bird
A Chinese folktale dating back to 500 B.C.E. tells the tale of two men in love, and Lee Wind is here to tell us more and reveal its beautiful cover.
October 18, 2023 by Betsy Bird
"I want more stories where the queer characters can be something other than perfect or dead." Richard Fairgray gives us the goods in today's guest posting.
May 4, 2023 by Betsy Bird
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.
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September 7, 2022 by Betsy Bird
Here's a person you should probably meet. We discuss translating puns, how to avoid gendering characters, shifts in public perceptions of translation here in the States, and what happens when your same-sex family board books are simultaneously attacked by the governments of Hungary and Russia.
February 3, 2022 by Betsy Bird
I review the latest from Kyle Lukoff and, yes, there will be spoilers. A brave title for a time when we need brave books for kids more than ever.
December 2, 2020 by Betsy Bird
Today, author Leslie Brody and I discuss Louise Fitzhugh, the times in which she lived, her genius life (and too soon death), and the coded, comforting messages she left in her books for the LGBTQIA+ kids out there.
November 6, 2020 by Betsy Bird
I’m late to the party in celebrating this book, but now that I’m here, let’s dance until dawn! This is one book that kids and adults alike will read and never ever forget.
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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