This month’s Author Spotlight highlights New York Times bestselling author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé as she discusses Where Sleeping Girls Lie, her latest YA contemporary mystery about a girl new to a boarding school who discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.
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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 HomegrownHow This Book Was Made: Jumper by Jessica Lanan
Go behind the scenes of Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan. Read on for an interview with Jessica, Emily Feinberg, Executive Editor at Roaring Brook Press, and Mike Burroughs, Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group to learn more about how this book was made, preview interior art, and jaw dropping 3D models.
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For Black History Month, we are interviewing Ekua Holmes, illustrator of Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, a picture book autobiography celebrating the life of the extraordinary civil and human rights activist Coretta Scott King.
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MacKids Spotlight: Allie Millington
MacKids Spotlight: Allie Millington
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Allie Millington, the author of Olivetti, a heartfelt debut middle-grade novel told from the unique vantage points of an introverted boy and his missing mother’s cherished typewriter. It’s also already received two starred reviews this year!
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MacKids Spotlight: Mitali Perkins
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Mitali Perkins, the author of Hope in the Valley, a middle-grade novel exploring grief, friendship, family, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis. It’s also received five starred reviews this year!
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This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson, the author of Eagle Drums, a magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition.
Discover More about Rainey Hopson and Eagle DrumsMacKids Spotlight: Christina Wyman
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Christina Wyman, the author of Jawbreaker, a refreshingly honest middle-grade debut novel about toxic sibling rivalry, socioeconomic disparity, and dental drama.
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MacKids Spotlight: Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass, co-authors of The Lost Library, a middle-grade novel that follows three characters—an eleven-year old boy named Evan, a fluffy orange cat named Mortimer who guards a little free library, and a ghost librarian named Al—in one small town, all mysteriously linked by an unfortunate event that happened years prior.
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This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Yukie Kimura and Kōdo Kimura, co-authors with Steve Sheinkin of Yukie’s Island: My Family’s World War II Story, a moving picture book autobiography about a family’s resilience and path to healing after the devastation of war.
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