It’s Okay That Anne Shirley Never Became a Writer
Anya Jaremko-Greenwold on L. M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables.”...
Badgers in Platemail: On Brian Jacques’s “Redwall” Series
YA author Daniel Jose Ruiz reflects on his favorite children’s series....
Damaging Words: On “Thirteen Reasons Why”
Jonathan Alexander reviews the new Netflix series “Thirteen Reasons Why.”...
Have a Carrot, Have Two
Glen Roven on Amy Gary's "In the Great Green Room," a biography of "Goodnight Moon" author Margaret Wise Brown....
Everyone Grows Up: Jonathan Alexander and Brian Selznick in Conversation
Jonathan Alexander interview children’s author Brian Selznick....
What Feeds the Imagination: Jonathan Alexander Interviews Kenneth Kidd
Jonathan Alexander interviews scholar of YA literature, Kenneth Kidd....
“Comrade, Can You Paint My Horse?” Soviet Kids’ Books Today
Ainsley Morse takes “The Fire Horse,” a collection of Soviet-era children’s poems translated by Eugene Ostashevsky, for a ride....
Uncle Carl Helps Illuminate Two New Irish YA Novels
A psychologist reads “Knights of the Borrowed Dark” by Dave Rudden and “Spare and Found Parts” by Sarah Maria Griffin with Carl Jung and a 14-year-old....
What Lies Beneath: Jennifer Bell on Her “Uncommoners” Series
Cleaver Patterson interviews children’s fiction author Jennifer Bell....
It Can Happen Here! The Fred Korematsu Story
An illustrated book for young readers about Fred Korematsu and the Japanese internment....
Where Are the Books for Kids Like Us?
Jason Boog on crafting children's and YA literature that kids actually want to read....
“My Writing is My Activism”: An Interview with Isabel Quintero
Jackie Rhodes talks to YA author Isabel Quintero about how she became a writer, why she focuses on young adult literature, and what keeps her going....
