August - 2019

Dallas Hunt (The Children's Book Podcast #532)

AWASIS AND THE WORLD-FAMOUS BANNOCK Dallas Hunt (@Dallas_Hunt) shares AWASIS AND THE WORLD-FAMOUS BANNOCK. Awâsis is bringing some of her...

Adib Khorram (The Children's Book Podcast #531)

DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY Adib Khorram (@adibkhorram) shares DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY. In Adib’s debut novel we meet Darius, a...

Back to School

Here at Kidlit These Days, Karina Yan Glaser, NYT bestselling author of the Vanderbeekers series, and I are your kidlit connoisseurs,...

Diversity-Focused Publishing

Here at Kidlit These Days, Karina Yan Glaser, NYT bestselling author of the Vanderbeekers series, and I are your kidlit connoisseurs,...

Mariana Llanos and Anna López Real (The Children's Book Podcast #530)

LUCA'S BRIDGE/EL PUENTE DE LUCA Author Mariana Llanos (@marianallanos) and illustrator Anna López Real join Matthew in conversation to...

Susie Ghahremani (The Children's Book Podcast #529)

BALANCE THE BIRDS Susie Ghahremani (@boygirlparty) is the author-illustrator of BALANCE THE BIRDS and STACK THE CATS. Susie’s books...

Andrea Beaty (The Children's Book Podcast #528)

THE QUESTIONEERS Andrea Beaty (@andreabeaty) is the author of ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER and its sequels as well as author of the...

Rashin Kheiriyeh (The Children's Book Podcast #527)

THE BOOK TREE Rashin Kheiriyeh (@rashinkheiriyeh) is the illustrator most recently of THE BOOK TREE, authored by Paul Czajak, and STORY...

5 Questions You Need to Be Asking Yourself for Next School Year

An article I wrote for DEMCO's Ideas & Inspiration blog was recently published and I thought I'd share a preview of it with you here....

Children's Activity Calendar: September 2019

The children's activity calendar I created for Upstart for the month of September is now available online for FREE. Share with teachers,...

Angie Manfredi (The Children's Book Podcast #526)

THE OTHER "F" WORD Angie Manfredi (@misskubelik) is the editor of THE (OTHER) F WORD: A CELEBRATION OF THE FAT & FIERCE. The book...

Kyle Lukoff (The Children's Book Podcast #525)

WHEN AIDAN BECAME A BROTHER Kyle Lukoff (@Shekels_Library) is author of A STORYTELLING OF RAVENS and WHEN AIDAN BECAME A BROTHER, the...