Hurray! Thank you for stopping by. It’s an exciting day because we are celebrating an early Book Birthday for a fabulous new picture book, BACKYARD STEW, written by the talented Heather C. Mo…

Register now for How to Defend Books Panel & Fundraiser for Authors Against Book Bans on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on July 16, 2026, 07:00 PM EDT.

President Trump, who for years has sowed doubt about the security of American elections, is scheduled to give a primetime address Thursday night about election integrity. Trump has long contended, without evidence, that he won the 2020 election

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ARC's, trim, gutters, dummies... what do they all mean?!

What surveying 100+ kids taught me about how they actually read.

The nation’s official advocate for children’s books says most of them are “crud.” But matters of literary quality don’t explain why kids aren’t reading.

The Supreme Court has gutted another major piece of the Voting Rights Act – opening the door for politicians to gerrymander people of color into silence. I just signed a Common Cause petition urging ...

Children’s authors and educators are up in arms after words by National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett, from his new essay collection for adults, 'Make Believe: On Telling Storie...

Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp by Minoru Tonai and Jolene Gutiérrez, illustrated by Chris Sasaki (Harry N. Abrams, 40 pages, grades 2 and up). Minoru Tona…

Screenshot What is a theme for a kidlit story? The theme of a story is the central idea, message, underlying concept, or repeated topic of a story. Some themes are heart-warming, fun, sweet, and hu…

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What an incredibly successful event!!! Thank you to everyone who participated…whether you entered with a story, donated one of the 67 prizes, helped judge the 677 entries, or just stopped by …

In Dallas County on election night, mass confusion caused by a sudden rule change sent hundreds of voters to the wrong polling places. This is what modern voter suppression can look like: not always dramatic, but just confusing and discouraging enough to stop people from casting their ballot. Mother Jones’ Ari Berman weighs in “when you change laws and when you make voting more difficult right before an election, without giving people time to prepare, it can lead to the kind of mass disenfranchisement we saw in Dallas on Tuesday.”

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Mapping Texas Book Bans SY 25-26

On my father's death, his life, his memory, his legacy, and why, despite his own concerns, he was no failure.