Nash Lacklow is dying. A lifetime of poor housing, dirty jobs and smoking has caught up with him, and now his emphysema’s at stage four. And as he tells his nephew Spence and great-niece Emma, ...
Censoring what children read deprives them of reality and the chance to feed their curiosity and develop empathy ...
On the evening of November 12, Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall joined Maria Popova, author and founder of the Marginalian, ...
Plot Summary: Stanley Yelnats is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Accused of stealing a famous pair of shoes, he chooses to serve time at Camp Green Lake, where he is made to dig a 5-foot ...
In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go! haw êkwa!” and Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille’s “Kende! Kende! Kende!” going is just the beginning of a whole new world.
A 35-page list compiled by the Florida Department of Education outlines hundreds of books banned across the state's 73 school ...
Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...
His story, “The Hands of Dirty Children,” was selected by Curtis Sittenfeld for Best American Short Stories 2020 and his debut novel, Freedom Is a Feast, is set in Chávez-era Venezuela and ...