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Peter Sís: Books Are Portals to Another Dimension

Epic historical events inspired some of Peter Sís’s most celebrated books, including titles such as Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued (Norton, 2021) and the Caldecott Honor Book The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007). But Sís’s latest picture book, In Praise of Mystery (Norton, 2024), is linked to an [...]

Meg Eden Kuyatt: Writing About Feelings “Too Big for Prose”

Books can serve as mirrors for readers who are looking for authentic reflections of their own experiences. In Good Different (Scholastic, 2023)—Meg Eden Kuyatt’s debut novel-in-verse—the book also served as a mirror for the author, who learned while writing the story that she is on the autism spectrum just as her character Selah discovers the same thing. Kuyatt’s genuine, [...]

David Bowles: “Young Protagonists Are Our Very Best Teachers”

David Bowles’ character “Fasting Coyote”—based on the real life of poet and ruler Nezahualcoyotl—pulled off many of his amazing accomplishments while still a teenager, so it’s little wonder that Bowles’ action-packed YA book is relatable to a teen audience. In The Prince & the Coyote (Levine Querido, 2023), Bowles relates the absorbing story of this little-known but highly [...]

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