The Holiday Season is just around the corner, so we enlisted author Liz Kleinrock to talk to us more about the inspiration for her book Come and Join Us which features 18 holidays celebrated throughout the year and around the world.
As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we reached out to author Emily Bowen Cohen to tell us about her experience growing up Native outside of her tribal community and the impact books, teachers, and librarians had.
Award-winning author Ibi Zoboi talks about her experience immigrating to the United States from Haiti and her evolving relationship with US History and the Constitution. Learn more about Zoboi's latest novel, Nigeria Jones, by checking out our Behind the Book...
Sally J. Pla's newest title, The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn, features a main character with autism who is learning to cope with major life changes, family secrets, and finding her own voice. Read on to hear from Sally...
By Gary D. Schmidt I’m approaching the transition from a life of full-time university teaching to a life of full-time writing, and while I thought that leaving the formal classroom might mean real grief—and there is some of that—I’m feeling...
When I was young, I liked to hide. Literally in the closet. I felt safest there, with a flashlight, reading my books in peace. In the closet, I could be alone, my head filled with whatever adventure was on the...
