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 HomegrownThe Girl Who Sang and more books for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Books for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on January 27th—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—to commemorate the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution, and the heroism of survivors and rescuers. Here is a collection of books you can share with young readers for International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
Discover more books for international Holocaust Remembrance Day here →Celebrate Lunar New Year with Lunar New Year Love Story!
Celebrate Lunar New Year with Lunar New Year Love Story!
Teachers and librarians! Celebrate Lunar New Year with graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham, and their latest acclaimed collaboration, Lunar New Year Love Story! Enter this exciting sweepstakes for a chance to be one of twenty-five winners to receive a copy of Lunar New Year Love Story*! Read on to learn more about this all-star collaboration, and their heartwarming young adult rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love.
MacKids Spotlight: Ekua Holmes
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!
Discover More about MITALI PERKINS and HOPE IN THE VALLEYMacKids Spotlight: Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson
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.
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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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