School district member files challenge to Arthur’s Birthday, 1989 book by Marc Brown, which is among 45 titles pending reviewA title in the Arthur children’s book series is facing a potential ban after a conservative activist claimed that it “damaged souls”.On 12 July, Bruce Friedman, a member... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-28 16:22:54 UTC ]
“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-07-28 09:00:25 UTC ]
“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-07-28 09:00:24 UTC ]
Author Leah Johnson isn't simply speaking up against censorship—she's putting banned books into people's hands, and will open Loudmouth Books in Indianapolis in late September. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
New children’s book releases include clever nonfiction picture books, thrilling middle grade fantasies, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-07-07 10:32:00 UTC ]
MacNolia Cox speaks only one sentence in a picture book about her trip to the 1936 national spelling bee. Zaila Avant-garde, the 2021 champ, writes volumes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-07-07 09:00:29 UTC ]
The final day of CI2023 was packed with a mix of educational sessions and author presentations—including a conversation with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges—and closed on an exuberant note with karaoke, bookseller-style. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Get ready for the summer with these 12 June children's book releases, including Hawaiian fantasy Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-07 10:34:00 UTC ]
Circana's Brenna Connor assessed “The State of the Children’s Book Market” for Children’s Institute 2023 in Milwaukee, speaking about transformations, troubles, and growth opportunities across the children’s, middle grade, and YA sectors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year, I’m celebrating Pride through LGBTQ children’s books. I’m building a new library for my two kids and wife Stefanie, who is trans and transitioned just two years ago. We began with Being You: A First Conversation About Gender (Penguin, 2021) and a pride alphabet book, Pride Puppy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-01 08:53:12 UTC ]
A colorful, whimsical children's book by Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown has resurfaced in Cleveland, OH after decades. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-31 16:14:51 UTC ]
From calming stories to nonfiction facts about our celestial neighbor, these are the best children's books about the moon to read, including Moon: A Peek-Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-23 10:34:00 UTC ]
On May 10, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark stood on the floor of the House of Representatives and read aloud from a children's book to members of Congress. "The end of the day was also my own," she read. "Bled out on the floor and never got home." These chilling words tell the story of Joaquin... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2023-05-15 06:00:00 UTC ]
“How’d you become a children’s book author?” The answer for Kouri Richins, a Utah mom of three who wrote Are You With Me?, a children’s book about coping with grief, is that she allegedly poisoned her husband, then wrote a book about loss. The Associated Press reports that Utah police arrested... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-05-09 14:02:02 UTC ]
When we were but children in a distant former colony, we had a set of cardboard coronation crowns upholstered poorly in imitation velvet so we could play kings and queens. The Queen was on our money, and her portrait hung in our primary school. Now we are on the eve of the next coronation, and […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-05-05 13:32:01 UTC ]
Professional seaweed harvester and marine biologist Amanda Swinimer has published a children’s book highlighting how important seaweed is for nutrition and for protecting the planet against climate change. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-05-05 04:24:48 UTC ]
May children's book releases include a hilarious new picture book by Adam Rex and a magical middle grade by Leah Johnson, Ellie Engle Saves Herself. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-04 10:32:00 UTC ]
'Pysch' co-stars Dulé Hill and Jazmyn Simon have turned the daily affirmations they repeat with their two kids into a children's book released this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-03 16:25:25 UTC ]
What started last year with a group trying to get a few children's sexual education books pulled from the shelves of a southern Manitoba library has now turned into accusations that its staff are pedophiles and a campaign to defund it, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-05-01 10:00:00 UTC ]
Authors like Louisa May Alcott and A.A. Milne learned their success in children's literature didn't translate to respect for their art. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-27 10:33:00 UTC ]