R.J. Palacio’s 365 Days of Wonder is a timeless collection of precepts to live by
…essays and emails written by Mr. Browne’s former students. These voices add another dimension to Wonder and sometimes reveal the answers to mysteries in the novel, although spoilers are kept…
Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming is the story of a life told in soaring verse
…unique and universal. Intertwining her own memories with stories told by friends and relatives, she is able to write about episodes that she was too young to remember herself but…
John Scieszka talks with Chapter 16 about his seriously entertaining new tale for young readers
…several popular series and stand-alone titles. In 2008 he served as the first U.S. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor is the first book…
Scandal, mystery, and controversy in the “fuzzy bunny” world of children’s literature
…books for children reflect these theories, often by questioning and sometimes even subverting the principles espoused at the time. In bestselling children’s books, badly-behaved children (or their animal surrogates) often…
Tracy Barrett spins a new story from an old one in The Stepsister’s Tale
…to grasp the family’s change in circumstances. She was raised for genteel helplessness and doesn’t acknowledge that her daughters wear themselves out so the trio can survive. “We are ladies,…
Can the protagonist of Amber McRee Turner’s new middle-grade novel, Circa Now, alter the past with a computer program?
…fantastical stories about these Shopt photos, and the charming images and the stories are included between chapters of Amber McRee Turner’s new middle-grade novel, Circa Now. Circa’s mother is a…
