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Month: December 2020

LET THE 2020 WRITERS’ RUMPUS REVIEW BEGIN

December 24, 2020 Laura Fineberg Cooper

Happy Holidays to one and all in what has been the most tumultuous year many of us have ever experienced. As 2020 draws to a close (phew!), at least one thing remains unchanged: it’s time once again for the annual Writers’ Rumpus Review!

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MG Book Review: The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher

December 18, 2020 Rebecca Moody

For over a decade, Catherine Fisher, author of the ​​New York Times-​bestselling INCARCERON duology, has been a firm fixture of young adult fantasy. Now, Fisher

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Top Ten Picture Books of 2020

December 15, 2020 Kirsti Call

I Am The Storm by Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple, illustrated by Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell is the perfect book for 2020. Lyrical text paired

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new year, new genre

December 11, 2020 Kim Chaffee

Well, we made it to December, everyone! Alleluia, 2020 is almost over! Normally, I’m trying to live in the moment, with all of the holiday

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#kidlit Interview with Brooke Hartman, Author of Lotte’s Magical Paper Puppets

December 8, 2020 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Your recently released picture book, Lotte’s Magical Paper Puppets, with Page Street Kids is a lyrical, lovely and unusual picture book biography

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Reimagining a classic: The Great Gatsby as a graphic novel

December 4, 2020 Joyce Audy Zarins

To transform a preeminent and beloved literary work into a graphic novel for young adults is a challenge for the brave. K. Woodman-Maynard’s adaptation of

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