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Melissa Stewart: Sharing the Excitement of Nonfiction
Melissa Stewart’s website notes that if she were to be a type of punctuation, she’d be a question mark. That’s the perfect choice for a writer who enjoys asking questions, researching new topics, [...]
Peter Brown: Combining Words and Pictures in Surprising Ways
Peter Brown’s mix of adventure, humor, and timely insights have turned his Wild Robot series of illustrated middle grade novels into bestsellers. The third installment, The Wild Robot Protects [...]
Traci Sorell: Using Our Gifts to Help, Inspire, and Contribute
Traci Sorell, an award-winning author and a Cherokee Nation citizen, has written a wide range of books for readers of different ages, including both fiction and nonfiction, contemporary and [...]
Frank Morrison’s Message for Young Creators: “If I Could, You Can”
Frank Morrison’s illustrations are infused with movement—bold, jubilant, vibrating, expressive—the artwork leaps off the pages of his books. Morrison, who started his journey as a graffiti artist [...]
Michaela Goade: Finding Connection and Grounding to Place
As the winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal for We Are Water Protectors (written by Carole Lindstrom, Roaring Brook, 2020), Michaela Goade became the first Indigenous person and BIPOC woman to [...]
Rethinking Thanksgiving Through Indigenous Perspectives
Growing up, I always looked forward to the Thanksgiving holiday. It was a time to gather with family and celebrate being thankful for life’s blessings. As I grew older and encountered multiple [...]
Nina Crews: Celebrating a Storytelling Life
Each Nina Crews picture book beckons young readers to explore and promises them that ordinary moments can be transformed into the exceptional. Crews is especially known for her dynamic [...]
New Books for Young Children That Explain Cancer and Celebrate Courage
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager & Makerspace Specialist As a new school library project manager, I team with librarians and principals to curate book collections for [...]
Carl Hiaasen: Kids Are the Coolest Audience
A new Carl Hiaasen novel for young readers has been a cause for celebration since his first book for kids—Hoot (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2002)—was named a Newbery Honor winner. And Wrecker [...]