I think it is revolutionary when ordinary people stand up and speak out in the face of oppression, letting themselves be seen… demanding to be heard.

Author Janae Marks joins us to talk about her new book, STARTING NOW.

Games and traditional, linear methods of storytelling both sit squarely in the same realm: a place of imagination, possibility and play.

Home versus world, interior versus exterior, and the burning question: how to head out for one while not abandoning the other? How to become yourself while not giving up what you left behind?

Rose-colored glasses are a deceptively dangerous accessory to wear. Caspen, the main character of my next young-adult novel, learns that the hard way.

Ultimately, we wanted to ensure we created - we grew - something we were proud of. Lissy and I didn't just want to be satisfied with the final story we had created together, but we wanted to be excite...

Author and illustrator Alan Barillaro joins us to talk about his new book, BUNNS RABBIT II: THE RETURN OF THE SPIRIT RABBIT.

In my series about the Norse god Loki, we see the mighty Viking trickster god reduced to the status of a mortal child, with all the feelings of powerlessness and frustration that eleven year olds know...

Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts walks us through glow in the dark painting

Another city? Let’s go. Another country? Show me flights. Another world? Well, that seems like something that might be fun to experience as a comic.

Author Libba Bray joins us to talk about her new book, RADIO FREE TEXAS.

Books are like travel in that they reveal other cultures and other ways of thinking. It’s one of the reasons that the attacks against books, especially books by BIPOC, queer and trans, disabled and ot...

Part 2 of 2 about differentiating between research and inquiry and detailing a new type of project, the inquiry map.

Part 1 of 2 about differentiating between research and inquiry and detailing a new type of project, the inquiry map.

We’re still a long way from seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use flashlights to guide us on our journey. Stories can serve as one of those flashlights, especia...

Evil things happen when people stop reading. Stop searching for information. Stop thinking. When books are banned and removed. When dissent is not permitted. When history is not studied. When the clue...

9 graphic novels, 2 mixed format/illustrated books, a historical fiction story, a time travel story, and a collection of poems addressing policing.

As my life and writing journey have taught me: no matter how hard others may try to suppress it, love should never shut up. Love must always dare to speak its name.

Author Seema Yasmin joins us to talk about her new book, MO FARAH, THE BOY WHO RAN TO BE FREE.

Foreigners is a book that is predominately set about 60 years ago in 1966. And yet, of the four novels that I’ve written (three of which are contemporary—this is my first historical), it is by far the...

Hello and welcome back to Something Old, Something New! Today we’re taking on some more Young Adult Graphic Novels!! These two graphic novels both have themes of going home. SOMETHING OLD Halfway Ther...

Ready to see what 35 pounds of new books looks like? Read on!

It’s strange to live in a culture where being widely seen has become synonymous with having value.

Our underrepresented populations have been underrepresented throughout history, and none of us popped into existence as part of a fad.

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen highly recommends this fun, friendship focused mystery that reminds her of her childhood favorite, The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Young people deserve books that provide a safe place to explore and learn about the world, to explore themes and topics at their own pace in a fun way.

46 new and forthcoming books for your fall TBR!

The habit of looking back to imagine the future is something that’s stuck with me, one that’s given me comfort. My latest book, A Dangerous Bargain, was also inspired by this habit, but in reverse: ho...

Sometimes it isn’t a single man in possession of a good fortune who’s in want of a wife. Sometimes it’s a woman instead, and it always has been.

If there’s anything I’ve learned it’s that we’re given many chances to find our path again.

Author Karla Arenas Valenti joins us to talk about her new book, Quetzal's Labyrinth.

Fantasy isn’t just about escaping our reality—it also offers us a way to survive it.

Today we have the honor of sharing an excerpt from and revealing the cover for NOT YOUR STORY by Meg Eden Kuyatt. The book comes out July 6, 2027 from Scholastic.

Traveling shrinks the world and makes friends of strangers.

Charlotte Lillie Balogh joins us for a Fast Five Interview and a guest post about rowing and her new book, CAPSIZED.

Stories wove through every point of my life. When the world didn’t make sense, I would narrate an alternative version in my head that would help me understand.

Teen librarians share a program about book bedazzling