This week’s new YA is an eclectic mix of historical romances set in the U.S. and Britain, a futuristic sci-fi Isle of Dogs fans will want to snap up ASAP, and a deeply emotional ghost story about a twelve-year-old black boy’s wrongful murder. For contemporary readers, book two of a reformed con artist’s journey and book four […]

Picking out a new backpack? Fun! Shopping for awesome new kicks? Super! Getting to see your besties every weekday again? Sweet! Actually having to stop all the summer fun you’ve been having to go back to school? Lame. Find some fictional distractions for kiddos to help soften the blow of putting away the skimboards and […]

On the anniversary of September 11th, we are once again struck by how vivid our memories of that day are, and yet today’s children do not have those memories. How to talk to today’s children about that day that happened before they were born? Here are some texts that handle the topic with both age-appropriateness, […]

Jewell Parker Rhodes is one of the best middle grade writers there is when it comes to tackling tough, heartbreaking history with compassion and hope. The history she writes about includes the very recent past—things that have happened during the lifetimes of young readers that their own children will be reading about in school down […]