This month’s Author Spotlight is Kortney Nash, author of Tell Me About Juneteenth, an empowering picture book that celebrates Juneteenth!
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MacKids Spotlight: Ann Bausum
This month’s Author Spotlight is Ann Bausum, author of White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History, a powerful young adult novel that examines racism and deconstructs the warped history of the Civil War for teen readers.
Continue readingCelebrate National Poetry Month!
We’ve put together a roundup of titles to celebrate National Poetry Month, including new 2025 titles coming soon such as The Five Wolves, While We Wait, and Spark! Explore our poetry titles, and discover more about each book below by clicking the book jacket!
Find more poetry recommendations here →MacKids Spotlight: Adina King
This month’s Author Spotlight is Adina King, author of The House No One Sees, an evocative young adult novel written in verse and prose that follows a teen girl and her memories of her childhood, her house, and her mother who battles an opioid addiction.
Continue readingLatinx Voices for Kids & Teens
Looking for recommendations for books by Latinx authors? We’ve got you covered! Keep reading to discover new books and revisit your favorites! Plus, download our Latinx Voices catalog!
Discover Latinx Voices for kids and teens here →The 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 National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month
National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month is observed from September 15 – October 15. We’re celebrating our Hispanic authors, illustrators, and creators this month (and every month) and sharing Hispanic stories. Keep reading to discover new books and revisit your favorites!
Discover books for National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage month here →MacKids Spotlight: Amber McBride
MacKids Spotlight: Amber McBride
This month, we’re interviewing Amber McBride, author of debut novel-in-verse Me (Moth)! The novel is about a teen girl who is grieving the deaths of her family and a teen boy who crosses her path. The book publishes this August and has just earned its first star from Booklist, who described the story as being “hauntingly romantic.”
Amber shares more about her inspiration for the story and what she hopes young readers will learn here.
Read a Q&A with Amber here →Watch author Zetta Elliott read Caldecott Honor Book A Place Inside of Me and check out our Poetry Roundup!
We’ve put together a roundup of titles to get you excited about National Poetry Month, including titles like What the Road Said, Woke: A Young Poet’s Guide to Justice, and Caldecott Honor Book A Place Inside of Me.
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Meet the Creator: Mahogany L. Browne
Poet and author Mahogany L. Browne spoke with TeachingBooks.Net about the creation process and backstory of her latest book, Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice. Click here to listen to Mahogany’s interview!
