Read below to find our staff picks for March 2024 and learn more about these must-reads!
Learn more about these staff picks →Author: Grace Tyler
Graphic Novel Preview: Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting a middle grade graphic novel, Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol coming out in May!
Look inside Plain Jane and the Mermaid →Staff Picks – February 2024
Read below to find our staff picks for February 2024 and learn more about these must-reads!
Learn more about these staff picks →MacKids Spotlight: DeAnn Wiley
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights DeAnn Wiley, the author of Homegrown, a touching and stunningly illustrated ode to the homes—and loved ones—that raise us.
DISCOVER MORE ABOUT DeAnn Wiley AND HomegrownGraphic Novel Preview: The Baker and the Bard: A Cozy Fantasy Adventure by Fern Haught
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting a debut YA graphic novel, The Baker and the Bard: A Cozy Fantasy Adventure by Fern Haught coming out in March!
Look inside The Baker and the Bard →Staff Picks – January 2024
Read below to find our staff picks for January 2024 and learn more about these must-reads!
Learn more about these staff picks →Graphic Novel Preview: Asgardians: Odin by George O’Connor
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month, we’re highlighting Asgardians, a new series by George O’Connor launching this March with Asgardians: Odin!
Look inside Asgardians: Odin→Graphic Novel Preview: Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside graphic novels. This month we’re highlighting the highly anticipated sequel middle grade graphic novel Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann, out now!
Look inside Look on the Bright Side →Activity Kit: Big Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince
Activity Kit: Big Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince
Take a deep dive with your classroom into Big Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince by Alliah L. Agostini; illustrated by Shamar Knight-Justice. This picture book is about a community coming together to have a good time. In this activity kit, you can host your own Dancehall Party, and bring different cultures together. A Dancehall Party is when “Family, friends, music, food, and drink are a universal recipe for a good time! And in immigrant communities like the early 1990s Brooklyn, New York, Jamaican community depicted here, parties or bashments are an opportunity to reconnect with local family, friends, and the rhythm and flavors of a home thousands of miles away.”
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Find Out More about Big Tune: Rise of the dancehall prince Activity Kit >2023 Notable Paperbacks
Browse a selection of our 2023 paperback releases, including picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult crossover books!