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.
LEARN MORE ABOUT FARIDAH AND WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE→Tag: Fiction
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 →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 HomegrownCelebrate Lunar New Year with these books!
Ring in the Year of the Dragon with graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham’s latest collaboration, Lunar New Year Love Story, Julie Leung and Hanna Cha’s lyrical Caldecott Honor Book, The Truth About Dragons, and more incredible titles!
Discover more books for Lunar New Year hereGraphic 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 →Congratulations to our 2024 ALA Award Winners & Honors!
We are proud to share our 2024
We are proud to share our 2024 ALA Award winners, honorees, and finalists from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, announced at the 2024 Youth Media Awards!
Learn more about our winners & honorees →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.
Discover More about CORETTA AND ENTER A SWEEPS!
Teacher’s Guide: Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Renee Watson
Betty Before X
By Ilyasah Shabazz with Renee Watson
Ages 10-14
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Betty Before X is a powerful middle-grade fictionalized account of the childhood activism of Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, written by their daughter Ilyasah Shabazz.
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can’t shake the feeling that her mother doesn’t want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall stir African Americans in her community to stand up for their rights. Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an organization that supports black-owned businesses. Soon, the American civil rights icon we now know as Dr. Betty Shabazz is born.
Inspired by Betty’s real life—but expanded upon and fictionalized through collaboration with novelist Renée Watson—Ilyasah Shabazz illuminates four poignant years in her mother’s childhood with this book, painting an inspiring portrait of a girl overcoming the challenges of self-acceptance and belonging that will resonate with young readers today.
DOWNLOAD THE Farther Than The Moon TEACHER’S GUIDE HERE→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→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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