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Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Pacheco and the Witch of the Mountain Volume 1 and Yelp Yeti Chaos in Kathmandu from Flying Eye Books.
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Teen librarian Karen Jensen does a walk through on using Canva and then a Cricut Joy Xtra to make your own stickers, great for programming or makerspaces
Any interest in a picture book described by its illustrator as "Wizard of Oz set in a graveyard"? I talk with the creators about a book with the sweetest Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse you ever did encounter.
Any interest in a picture book described by its illustrator as "Wizard of Oz set in a graveyard"? I talk with the creators about a book with the sweetest Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse you ever did encounter.
COLBY: I’ve been on summer break for about a week. It has been amazing to read when I’m not exhausted from teaching. I’m in the point of summer reading, where everything I read makes me think of a kid that I had in class this past school year. In our latest episode of The Yarn, […]
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Pacheco and the Witch of the Mountain Volume 1 and Yelp Yeti Chaos in Kathmandu from Flying Eye Books.
Papercutz will publish Punk Taco, the award-winning graphic novel by the father and son team of Adam and Makana Wallenta.
An actual teen walks us through a low-tech way to make your own stickers, great for programming or makerspaces
A great, immersive read that will leave readers anxious to see what happens next.
Prediction posts, while rarely accurate, often just give a sense of what's particularly good in publishing these days. Today's post is no exception.
The work we do as librarians has become incredibly political, so please do use opportunities at Annual to engage, get more informed, and to build community.
Today we have an exclusive preview of Ileana Surducan's Eisner-nominated middle-grade graphic novel The Lost Sunday.
Check out these 12 June releases from Penguin Young Readers!
Notorious not because of the content but because of one of the creators, we address a book about violence in L.A. We chose it because of its illustrator, but now L.A. is in the news. We had no idea.
Kwame Alexander's Read Strong America has put together a couple of opportunities for us to commune during the Juneteenth celebrations this week.
With Dan in Green Gables, I’d like to pay homage to a book that helped me through difficult times—and offer some compassion and love to my relatives in the Smoky Mountains by focusing on happy memories of them, and what could have been, if they’d only embraced me.
Contributor Riley Jensen shares some new LGBTQIA+ books
Out in September 2025, Daniel Miyares brings a glorious, hand-painted graphic novel to the middle grade market. Today I get to excerpt sections of it and talk to him about its origins.
Conversations about books on banned lists will build community and facilitate empathy. Talking about these stories will also exercise critical information literacy skills as we examine how power is articulated.
Sometimes, in order to honor their whole personage, instead of choosing approval or someone else’s desire, girls must choose themselves.
Writing children's books? There's no set deadline to publish your first. We talk with Mel Rosenberg about his first picture book at age 74 and his unique path to publication.
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