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7 Awesome Picture Book Authors Share Their Personal Stories

Kidlit Open Mic is a spinoff of the YA Open Mic series that occurs each month over on our Teen blog. For this series, we ask authors to share stories on topics of their choice. The stories can be as funny or as serious as the authors want. We simply want to ...

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7 New Graphic Novel Series for Young Readers

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7 New Graphic Novel Series for Young Readers

With school in full swing, reading for pleasure should still be a priority, and these brand new graphic novels are the perfect way for even the most...

7 Awesome Picture Book Authors Share Their Personal Stories

kidlit open mic

7 Awesome Picture Book Authors Share Their Personal Stories

Kidlit Open Mic is a spinoff of the YA Open Mic series that occurs each month over on our Teen blog. For this series, we ask authors to share stories on...

Brandon Sanderson’s The Dark Talent Perfectly Concludes His Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians Series

a beloved series comes to an end

Brandon Sanderson’s The Dark Talent Perfectly Concludes His Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians Series

My favorite quote in the entire Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians series comes from book three in the series, The Knights of Crystallia. Alcatraz has just...

12 Novels About the Parenting Experience

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12 Novels About the Parenting Experience

Parenthood is complicated, messy, and beautiful, and there are few things better than reading a novel that authentically addresses an experience in a way...

Kenneth C. Davis’s In the Shadow of Liberty Explores the Lives of Men and Women Enslaved by Our Founding Fathers

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Kenneth C. Davis’s In the Shadow of Liberty Explores the Lives of Men and Women Enslaved by Our Founding Fathers

In his new book, In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives author Kenneth C. Davis explores a...

Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure: Whimsical Read Offers Antidote to Boredom

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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure: Whimsical Read Offers Antidote to Boredom

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and her upside-down house first came onto the scene in 1947 when author Betty MacDonald introduced the first book in her classic series...

7 Picture Books Perfect for Back to School Storytime

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7 Picture Books Perfect for Back to School Storytime

Whether school has just started or you’ve already missed the bus a few times, it’s not too late to add a few back to school-themed picture books to...

Three Cheers for Talk Like a Pirate Day

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Three Cheers for Talk Like a Pirate Day

Blimey! This can’t be happening. It’s September 19, already? Talk Like a Pirate Day? The most important made up holiday since Splorchday is today, and...

Amy Ignatow’s The Mighty Odds Features Kids with Super (Sort of) Powers

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Amy Ignatow’s The Mighty Odds Features Kids with Super (Sort of) Powers

If I had a superpower back when I was in middle school, I would have picked “Super-Strength Witty Comebacks” as my defining attribute....

Magnus Chase is Back in Rick Riordan’s The Hammer of Thor, Coming October 4!

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Magnus Chase is Back in Rick Riordan’s The Hammer of Thor, Coming October 4!

October 4th! That’s the on-sale date for The Hammer of Thor, the second book in Rick Riordan’s Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series! The...

The Initiation Author Ridley Pearson on Writing Mysteries, Creating Villains, and Doing Your Homework

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The Initiation Author Ridley Pearson on Writing Mysteries, Creating Villains, and Doing Your Homework

Fans of author Ridley Pearson’s bestselling Kingdom Keepers series know that he writes middle grade books filled with adventure, riddles, and...

a new adventure

8 Books For Brand New Middle Schoolers

It’s fall, and time to head back to school! There are lots of books about making the transition into kindergarten, but what about those veterans who...