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Moments of Clarity and Emotion: An Interview with Julia Walton
Mike Gravagno interviews new YA novelist Julia Walton....
Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Riding the Edge: Cecil Castellucci on Her Graphic Novel “Soupy Leaves Home”
David Lumb interviews Cecil Castellucci about her new graphic novel....
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....
The Evolution of a Supreme Court Justice
Brachah Goykadosh reviews two new books on Ruth Bader Ginsburg....
A Presidential Look? Vetting “Citizen Jack” and “Prez”
An essay on recent comics series about presidential politics....
Keeping It Real: The Grittiness of Contemporary YA
Paul Volponi offers an overview of contemporary realistic YA fiction....
On Alter Egos and Facing Monsters: Jonathan Alexander Interviews Francesca Lia Block
An interview with author Francesca Lia Block....
Reading in a World of Wonderlands
Have you really read "Alice in Wonderland" until you've read it in Esperanto? Rebecca L. Walkowitz finds out in her review of "Alice in a World of Wonders."...
Ursula Nordstrom and the Queer History of the Children’s Book
An essay on pioneering children’s book editor Ursula Nordstrom....
Memories Are Like Plants: An Interview with Juliana Romano
Sarah Wang interviews Juliana Romano about her new novel, "Summer in the Invisible City"....
Fearful Associations in John Christopher’s Middle-Grade Science Fiction
A review-essay covering two young adult novels by British SF writer John Christopher...
The Scorched-Earth Generation
THE CHAPTER that gives Akiyuki Nosaka’s recently translated collection of children’s stories its title relates the tale of a whale that falls in love with a submarine. A “complete flop with the ladies,” the sardine whale is frantic to ...
The Stuff Reading Is Made Of: Miéville’s YA and Materiality
I HAVE NEVER been much of a reader of fantasy, which is likely why it took me so long to get around to reading China Miéville’s 2007 YA fantasy novel, Un Lun Dun. I certainly cannot blame my feet-dragging ...
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