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Tag: banned books

How Do Libraries Choose Books? Collection Development in Public Libraries: An Interview with Library Director Noelle Boc

May 10, 2022 Amy Amberg

With recent book banning attempts in several states, I thought it would be a good time to clarify how public libraries both collect and cull items from their collections.

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THIS BOY: Review and Interview with author Lauren Myracle

March 27, 2020 Marti Johnson

   This Boy, by best-selling New York Times author Lauren Myracle, is set to be released by Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press,

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Book Review: The Paper Bag Princess

November 15, 2019 Alison Potoma

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch and Illustrated by Michael Martchenko has to be my favorite fractured fairy tale. Published in 1980, in at

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Banned!

February 1, 2019 Joyce Audy Zarins

  This is a chronicle of two books: a young adult novel banned from a school and a book group, and a middle grade novel

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YA: The Dark Place of Children’s Lit

June 30, 2015 Alumni & Guests

By Almitra Clay “So what is your novel about?” This is the point where I go from smiling to my deer-in-the-headlights grimace. See, I’m not

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  • Alumni & Guests
    • Our Approach to Telling Eva Kor’s True Holocaust Story to Kids
  • Alison Potoma
    • An Authors’ Recipe for Thanksgiving
  • Amy Amberg
    • How Do Libraries Choose Books? Collection Development in Public Libraries: An Interview with Library Director Noelle Boc
  • Carrie Charley Brown
    • Critiquing: A Superpower?
  • cathysogren
    • An Interview with Author Janie Reinart
  • Carol Gordon Ekster
    • Meet #kidlit author Lindsey McDivitt
  • Dana Nuenighoff
    • What My Past Manuscripts Have Taught Me
  • Hilary Margitich
    • I AM GOD’S DREAM, AND OTHER BOOKS BY MATTHEW PAUL TURNER
  • Joyce Audy Zarins
    • I’m a Neutrino: Tiny Particles in a Big Universe
  • Keri Demers
    • Novels in Verse. Have you tried your hand at this highly marketable genre?
  • Kim Chaffee
    • Announcing the #KidsLoveNonfiction Campaign
  • Kirsti Call
    • THE BIG SCREAM, by Kirsti Call, illustrated by Denis Angelov
  • Laura Fineberg Cooper
    • SETTING: Books That Hit the Sweet Spot
  • Lexi Donahue
    • JULY Middle Grade and Young Adult Opportunities
  • Marcia Strykowski
    • Interview with Debut Picture Book Author Debbie Murphy
  • Marti Johnson
    • REDUNDANCY and the Saggy Middle
  • Marianne Knowles
    • June Picture Book Opportunities
  • Josh Funk
    • Twin Book Babies Are Born!
  • Paul Czajak
    • Kids, and the Daunting World of Writing
  • René Bartos
    • INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR LESLIE BULION
  • Rebecca Moody
    • Five New YA Books Perfect for Pride Month

SOME DADDIES

By Carol Gordon Ekster, Illustrated by Javiera Maclean AlvarezMay 17, 2022
How many ways can a daddy look? Available today from Beaming Books. Order now for Father's Day!

THE BIG SCREAM

By Kirsti Call, Illustrated by Denis AngelovJune 28, 2022
Available today from Little Simon!

MY PET FEET

By Josh Funk, Illustrated by Billy YongAugust 23, 2022
55 days to go.

The Great Caper Caper

By Josh Funk, Illustrated by Brendan KearneySeptember 20, 2022
83 days to go.

It’s NOT The Three Little Pigs!

By Josh Funk, Illustrated by Edwardian TaylorOctober 25, 2022
3 months to go.
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