A Wrinkle in Time

Excited for the new film? Me too. Also extremely embarrassed to admit that I cannot remember if I ever read A Wrinkle in Time as a kid. I had it

The Color of Children’s Literature Conference

This event sounds amazing — “Celebrate and support #OwnVoices. Join us on April 7th at The Graduate Center/CUNY for an incredible day with top editors, agents, authors & illustrators in

Teens who spend less time in front of screens are happier — up to a point

I worry quite a bit about how much screen time my kids are using, and whether “too much” (whatever that number is) is damaging. I want them to do other

A tragic Valentine’s Day

I am at a loss. Yet another school shooting, with 17 children dead in Florida. I’m not sure where to go from here, but I have not done enough to

Happy Birthday, Judy Blume!

I am insanely jealous that I wasn’t at this event celebrating the 80th birthday of Judy Blume. Still, it sounds lovely and I’m glad some of you lucky people got

Kazoo Magazine

Hey, have you heard about Kazoo yet? It’s an indie magazine for girls 5-10 with a staggeringly impressive roster of contributors, including scientists, artists, athletes, musicians, and writers like Margaret Atwood,

Mourning Ursula K. Le Guin’s death

What an incredible, inspiring writer and human being. May Ursula K. Le Guin rest in peace. And this response when asked to blurb an anthology with no women writers is

Two authors on sadness in #kidlit

If you haven’t read these two essays, the first by Matt de la Peña (“Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children From Darkness“); the second, a response by Kate DiCamillo (“Why Children’s Books Should

The 35 Books We Can’t Wait to Get Our Hands on in 2018

My favorite kind of story, a books roundup! Here’s a whole range of reads for the first few months of 2018.

This cannot be good news

B&N Has Disappointing Holiday Sales.Â