A young man learns complex lessons both in life and at the card table in Johnson's lastest, Playing the Cards You're Dealt. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
For the past 13 years, 'The Brown Bookshelf,' a website launched in 2007 by children’s authors Varian Johnson and Paula Chase, has promoted Black authors and illustrators with such initiatives as 28 Days Later. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
In Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright’s graphic novel “Twins,” sisters navigate a sometimes cruel and changing world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-10-31 05:40:19 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has announced the ten books longlisted for this year’s National Book Award in Young People’s Literature, chosen from a total of 325 books submitted to the foundation by publishers. The judges for YPL are An Na, Elana K. Arnold, Kristen Gilligan, Varian Johnson, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-16 14:45:12 UTC ]