This year we held our FOURTH annual Picture Book Madness competition! The tournament was part of our centennial celebration: For the last several weeks, kids, parents, and librarians […]
Unreliable Narrators in YA
Sometimes the best stories are the ones where you don’t get the whole story. These fictional narrators manage to keep us guessing what’s “real”– right up […]
BE EXCITED for These Books Coming out in 2016
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (March 1st) Did you think we were done with Sherlock Holmes spinoffs? Yeah, we’re not. This one […]
YA Page-Turners
Looking for a book that sucks you in and won’t let you go– not until you’ve read the very last sentence of the acknowledgements AND […]
Youth Media Awards 2016: Children’s Books
Books published for children in 2015 have been read, nominated, and voted upon by the American Library Association. See the winners below, and put a […]
Youth Media Awards 2016: Teen Books
Books published for teens in 2015 have been read, nominated, and voted upon by the American Library Association. See the winners below, and put a copy […]
What to Read When It’s Cold Outside (2015)
It’s been a few years since I wrote about wintry reads for kids– this time I’m focusing on kids’ chapter books! Check out one of these […]
YA for the Winter Months
Burrow under a pile of blankets with one of these fantastic wintry teen reads: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Snow-Walker by Catherine Fisher Unearthly […]
Why We Love Goodbye Stranger
Rebecca Stead has quickly become my favorite contemporary children’s author. She writes realistic characters living their everyday lives, but where this could– maybe even should– be […]
Children’s Books We Love (2015)
Recently, several of our staff members got together and shared the children’s books we love and have loved. We thought we’d be depriving you if […]
