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READ AN EXCERPT: "Great Black Hope" by Rob Franklin What better escape this July than a novel called "A Summer for the Books"? Michelle Lindo-Rice tells the story of Jewel, a bestselling writer ...
DETROIT, MI (WXYZ) — An exciting new picture book has arrived, made especially for kids who struggle with anxiety and stress. Its author, Lila Shea, is a high ...
Courtesy of SC24 This book is not a particularly serious photo book. It’s about the crazy fun times that were the Cannes Film Festival in the ’80s and ’90s. It’s all quite frivolous and ...
This Mother's Day, many of us will also be thinking about our grandmothers, great-grandmothers and ancestors. The connection between grandmother and grandchild is at the heart of "Memory Garden ...
That’s where the best photo book companies come in. Forget the photo albums of yesteryear – faux leather red covers with plastic slip-in sleeves? No, thank you. Instead, the photo book concept ...
I wasn’t in for an easy ride when I began my review of this Snapfish photo book. From my frustrations with the Snapfish builder tool from limited choices to sizing woes and everything in between ...
Behold, the picture book! The great and glorious literature hiding in humble places all around us: on the bottommost shelves of bookcases, in teetering stacks around kids’ bedrooms, inside ...
At a time when book bans are raging and the federal government is pushing back against DEI initiatives, there’s one place where diversity is thriving: children’s literature. Picture books ...
"I can’t help but wonder what is so controversial about this picture book that causes it to be banned by the US Government," Moore continued in her post. "I am truly saddened and never thought I ...
PEN America has shared its findings on the most frequently banned picture books of the 2023–2024 school year. Several common elements are apparent in the 23 titles on the list, including LGBTQ+ ...
Nonprofit organization PEN America released a list of the most banned titles on Jan. 27 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital ...