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5 Middle Grade Titles Featuring People of Color
Looking for new middle grade novels starring main characters of color? This month’s reviews include the story of a Cuban American boy working to save his family’s restaurant; a summer camp drama with a...
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3 Adorably Fox-y Picture Books
Foxes are among the most beautiful of the woodland creatures, yet they often get a bad rap in children’s books, usually cast as villains, sneaks, or predators. This month brings three titles to help...
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9 Refugee Stories for Kids and Teens
Crossing borders and leaving family, home, and everything else behind is a reality for many children and teens. The following titles—from picture books to YA—explore the many dangers, factors, and...
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Viewers’ Advisory: 3 Netflix Series with YA and Kid Appeal
Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why (Beth Dubber/Netflix) Is Netflix the future for book-to-screen adaptations? Within the last few months, the global streaming service has ventured...
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Earth Day, Every Day | On the Screen
Lemurs of Madagascar, as seen in Revolution (Video Project) Leaping lemurs, the flamboyant cuttlefish, and the pure blue orchid are among the photogenic stars of three visually arresting documentaries...
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Reading Around the World | Picture Books
Blending striking artwork, captivating storytelling, and universal themes, these recently published picture books provide glimpses at the day-to-day lives of children across the globe. Share these...
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Poetry Picks | New Titles for Young Readers
Poetry often receives a bad rap, labelled complicated, frivolous, and definitely not kid-friendly, but any lover or even casual admirer of lyrics knows this to be untrue. The rewards of the kind of...
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Gardens Galore: Embrace Spring with These Great Books
From flower blossoms to farmers’ market bounty to familial affection, these fun-to-share picture books celebrate all sorts of growing things and nurture an appreciation of backyard nature. Anywhere...
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Where Secrets Lurk…| New YA Mysteries
Many readers are drawn to the mystery section of the library—where riddles and secrets lurk—and where three new young adult novels have just been added to the shelves. The books venture into the lives...
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Six YA Titles That Epitomize #OwnVoices
The hashtag #diverselit is so 2015. The hot Twitter hashtag now is #OwnVoices, which indicates that a book was written by a member of a marginalized community that it depicts. In 2017, when still only...
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Icy Prisons and a Frogkisser | Fantasy You Haven’t Read Before
To an avid fantasy reader, it can seem that every variety of the magical tale has already been told. Fairy tales have been mashed up, twisted, and turned inside out. Every archer has had her day. Every...
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Explore the Natural World | Big Books for Browsing
Go big and go home—to planet Earth, that is—with four fact-packed, boldly illustrated, oversize books that delve into the many and multifaceted wonders of nature. Perfect for classroom browsing or...
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Walk on the Weird Side | Graphic Novels
Fantasy and sci-fi tales—with their nuanced world-building, bizarre characters, and intense action—lend themselves perfectly to graphic novels. These recent spring titles use the format to great...
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Romance with a Twist: The New “Everything, Everything” Movie
Amandla Stenberg in “Everything, Everything” (Warner Bros. Pictures) Early on in the movie version of Nicola Yoon’s acclaimed YA novel Everything, Everything (an SLJ 2015 Best Book), there’s a clip of...
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Great Books About Summer
Jump into the season with these hot-off-the-press, delightful-to-share picture books. And Then Comes Summer. by Tom Brenner. illus. by Jaime Kim. Candlewick. May 2017. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780763660710....
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Flaps, Folds, and Facts: Adventuring with Interactive Books
These handsomely illustrated interactive books are not only enjoyable to explore, but they also encourage basic literacy skills and learning, provide informational content, and inspire curiosity and...
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“Everyday Inequality” and the Criminal Justice System | New YA Books
Inspired by recent headlines and the Black Lives Matter movement, teens are highly motivated to read about the intersection of African American youth and the police. Fictional titles such titles as...
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Revolutionary America | New Books for Children and Teens
Another Independence Day has come and gone, but interest in the events leading up to our nation’s beginnings and our Founding Fathers and Mothers, never wanes. Order these new titles for your classroom...
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The Winds of Change | A New Series Explores the Intersection of Culture and...
Picture book stories that introduce children to concepts, accomplished individuals, and historical events and periods can provide an enticing entrée into a new unit of study. They are also a perfect...
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The Skinny on Sharks: Scintillating Summer Reads
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2017 kicks off on Sunday July 23 with “Phelps Vs. Shark: The Battle for Ocean Supremacy,” a showdown that pits the world-record-holding Olympian against a great white...
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