Last November I had the esteemed privilege of moderating a panel at NCTE, the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of...

Today I am joined by a team of 3rd graders at my school. Specifically, these are 3rd graders who signed up to take a podcasting class...

Frané Lessac ( @franelessac ) shares UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS and UNDER THE MILKY WAY . Frané has made many beautiful books, but it was...

Elizabeth Zunon ( @ElizabethZunon ) shares BEDTIME FOR SWEET CREATURES, which is written by Nikki Grimes. It is a bedtime story of a...

Angela Joy ( @AngelaJoyBlog ) shares BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR . This beautiful book, illustrated by one-to-watch and the one-to-wow Ekua...

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

Ann Braden ( @annbradenbooks ) shares THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS . This is a story about the strength of a 12-year-old girl named...

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

Rajani LaRocca ( @rajanilarocca ) shares MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM . Mimi, the main character in Rajani’s middle grade debut, enters a baking...