This month’s Creator Spotlight highlights Adam Pottle and Ziyue Chen, author and illustrator of Butterfly on the Wind, a magical picture book about a Deaf girl who creates a butterfly with Sign Language and sends it on a journey around the world.
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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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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.
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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:
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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.
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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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.
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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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