Click to enlarge Seven days writers can’t read, let alone review, all the books that come streaming in the mail, email and, in one memorable case, a sloth hug. So this monthly feature is our way of bringing you a handful of books by Vermont authors. To do …
Read More »Leonard Kessler, author of colorful children’s books, dies at 101
Mr. Kessler often found inspiration in everyday life. A little boy’s feelings of hunger on a trip to the supermarket, for example, are amplified in “Crunch Crunch” (1955), the sequel to “Plink Plink”, a book about the feeling of thirst. He once told an interviewer that he crawled on the …
Read More »Bloomington author publishes children’s books on managing emotions
BLOOMINGTON (Heart of Illinois ABC) – Described as a way to “find a middle ground,” a Bloomington author has published a series of children’s books to help families deal with their children’s emotions. JJ Shegog is co-owner of ‘Jair’s Collections’ – a publishing house that focuses its work on the …
Read More »Colorado author inspires young people to read through his book series and canine companion
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Award-winning Colorado author Katy McQuaid hopes to inspire young people to read through her “Everybody Loves Grace” book series. Grace, 15, a Finnish Lapphund is the star of her new series of children’s books, spreading love and helping them overcome anxiety while learning to read. …
Read More »8 of the Best New Women’s Haunted House Novels
This content contains affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The haunted house novel has a long and storied history. Many scholars date its creation in American literature to the late 1700s and early Gothic tradition. Names like Horace Walpole, Edgar Allan Poe …
Read More »9 children’s books like THE SNOWY DAY for the coming winter days
This content contains affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. In case you find yourself cooped up to protect yourself from a very cold world, I thought it would be fun to suggest some books that might help you look out the window …
Read More »Renowned Maine artist and author Ashley Bryan dies at 98
Maine artist, author and storyteller Ashley Bryan has died at the age of 98. Bryan, who lived for years on Little Cranberry Island, wrote and illustrated many children’s and other books and was a prolific painter, illustrator, puppet maker and stained glass artist. Artist Ashley Bryan poses for a portrait …
Read More »Navigation is alive and well in Middlebury’s huge Monroe Street books | Books | Seven days
Click to enlarge Caleb Kenna Timm Williams at Monroe Street Books A common refrain from new customers at Middlebury’s Monroe Street Books is “I should have stopped years ago”, according to employee …
Read More »author visits Ridgeview to celebrate reading | Life
Popular children’s book author Michael Shoulders visited Ridgeview School for a day of celebration of reading and literacy on December 14th. His visit was scheduled as part of Ridgeview’s Olympic Literacy Theme for 2021-2022. The purpose of this theme is to help students establish and set individual and group reading …
Read More »Canada puts diversity in the spotlight at the Frankfurt Book Fair | Books | DW
After the cancellation of the physical event last year, Canada is once again the guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse, FBM21) to be held October 20-24. “Singular plurality” is the theme chosen by the country to reflect its “eclectic and multicultural” literature. Margaret Atwood, internationally renowned …
Read More »Nashville author Ann Patchett discusses writing, bookstores, and her upcoming collection of essays – The Vanderbilt Hustler
As the author of eight novels and co-owner of a Nashville bookstore, Ann Patchett knows a thing or two about books. In “These Precious Days” she takes readers on a wild exploration of the unexpected joys and sorrows of life. Ann Patchett’s collection of essays âThese Precious Daysâ will soon …
Read More »Calls for children’s books to be affordable like generic drugs
Two decades after South African activists took on the global pharmaceutical industry and their own government to limit access to medicines, educators across the country are waging a similar battle to improve its learning standards. Just as patents on life-saving antiretroviral drugs restrict the treatment of the growing number of …
Read More »Children’s Books: “Virginia Hamilton: Five Novels”
When Virginia Hamilton was 9, she began filling out a notebook with what she would later describe as “an accumulation of mysteries” gleaned from the oblique, coded conversation of adults. “What a wealth of adult words adorned its pages,” she recalls. “What monstrous, wonderful, devious and vindictive secrets! Her plan …
Read More »UP Publishers and Authors organization invites the public to the 4th edition of the Authors’ Day Book Fair
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – This weekend you have the opportunity to support writers from across the Upper Peninsula. The 4th edition of the Authors’ Day Book Fair will welcome over 20 authors to sell and read excerpts from their published books. The UP Publishers and Authors association is organizing the …
Read More »UP authors converge for the book fair | News, Sports, Jobs
MARQUETTE – The fourth edition of the Upper Peninsula Authors’ Book Fair will bring together over a dozen UP authors this year. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Campfire CoWorks in downtown Marquette, participating authors from Upper Michigan will meet to meet their current and future readers. Gretchen …
Read More »Chippewa Valley Book Festival preview: Q&A with author, teacher …
Kao Kalia Yang is the award-winning author of three memoirs: The latecomer, The poet of the song, and Somewhere in the unknown world. She is the collaborator and co-editor of the revolutionary collection, Which God is honored here? : Writings on Miscarriages and Infant Loss by and for Indigenous Women …
Read More »Small press promises to “unearth neglected authors” – Twin Cities
We are cultural diggers. Some of our greatest political and moral challenges have been taken up by voices long lost in history. We will unearth neglected authors and books from the twentieth century, before we are buried. – Extract from the Little Mole & Honey Bear Press mission statement Jack …
Read More »Eleven new children’s books on the theme of Birdy and nature
Storybooks transport us and help us appreciate the world in a new way at any age. These recent illustrated children’s books on birds, plants and natural systems will bring the wonders of the outdoors to life for children and parents. Many of these stories share big ideas in accessible ways, …
Read More »Kentucky by Heart: Author Jesse Stuart has written extensively about his upbringing in eastern Kentucky
By Steve FlairtyColumnist NKyTribune At the top of my list of favorite Kentucky writers is the iconic Jesse Stuart (1906-1984.) Jesse wrote extensively about his native Eastern Kentucky, and some of his best writing, I believe, was created through his children’s books. In these he often focused on character issues, …
Read More »St. Lawrence Co. Farm Bureau Donates Children’s Books to Teach the Next Generation
Members of the St. Lawrence County Farm Bureau board and librarians from the North Country Library System meet in Canton to hand out farm-themed children’s books. Left to right: St. Lawrence County Agricultural Bureau Vice President Dan Huntley, Canton Free Library Director, Emily Hastings, Canton Free Library Youth Services Specialist, …
Read More »The Children’s Books That Inspired “Ironweed” Author William Kennedy
Sep 27, 2021 Author William Kennedy, right, and his son Brendan, left, talk to students about writing stories on Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at Public School 20 in Albany, NY Cindy Schultz / Time Union Archives Perhaps unique in the history of American literature, William Kennedy and his son Brendan …
Read More »Cobb Libraries Celebrate Forbidden Book Week
September 26 to October 2 is Forbidden Books Week, and the Cobb County Public Library is celebrating this week dedicated to supporting intellectual freedom! It’s Forbidden Books Week! Forbidden Book Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It emphasizes the value of free and open access to …
Read More »In ‘The Not-So-Friendly Friend’, a kid-friendly lesson on limits
Like many parents, Christina Furnival notices the little things when it comes to her children. Plus, as a licensed mental health therapist, she’s adept at detecting subtle changes in their moods. So, when her young daughter returned home troubled after interacting with a playmate, Furnival still had no idea it …
Read More »Local author writes book to introduce main characters with disabilities
Courtney Daugherty has had a passion for writing since elementary school, but never wrote with purpose until after her daughter died of a rare heart defect, which led her to publish recently. Different is normal. âI started to defend babies born with [congenital heart disease] and it was only after …
Read More »Charleston poet laureate writes children’s book about black music
CHARLESTON, SC Charleston’s perpetually creative poet laureate Marcus Amaker has a new project just in time for the school year. This one is aimed specifically at the next generation of music enthusiasts. “Black Music Is”, a new illustrated book for children ages 8 to 12, is a collaboration with Charleston …
Read More »“Celebrate Authors 2021” welcomes more writers for September event
By Mike Cook Celebrate Authors will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 19 in the Conference Hall and Roadrunner Room on the second floor of the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave. The event is free and open to the public. Moonbow Alterations …
Read More »To all the boys I loved before YA, author Jenny Han in her favorite book
Literature for young adults is experiencing a renaissance. There are more intriguing voices and diversity in its pages than ever before. In a new series, USA TODAY features five of the best-selling YA authors who lead the charge in talking about the books, writers, and the moments that shaped them. …
Read More »Bernette Ford, who made children’s books more diverse, dies at 70
Not all of Ms. Ford’s work was devoted to books emphasizing diversity. As the head of Cartwheel, she was responsible for mainstream hits like the Clifford the Big Red Dog books and the “I Spy” series, and her own writings included books for the very young that used animal characters …
Read More »Unknown Irish writer behind an East German children’s classic
Analysis: Elizabeth Shaw created a classic children’s book with The Timid Rabbit, but little is known about her in her homeland Through Sabine Egger, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick One of my favorite picture books as a kid was Der kleine Angstase, a gift from an aunt in East Germany. It …
Read More »Question Of The Day: Blyton’s Racism Line Rages On
His children’s books are some of the best-selling in the world, but the outdated language in Enid Blyton’s work has again been called racist in a row that refuses to dissipate. The Famous Five? And the adventures of The Secret Seven are among Blyton’s best-known books, along with Noddy and …
Read More »Detective Novel Wins Top Prize at Annual San Diego Book Awards
Musician-turned-mystery writer Corey Lynn Fayman took top honors at the 2021 San Diego Book Awards for “Ballast Point Breakdown,” a sarcastic novel starring a guitarist, Navy SEALs, and trained dolphins. The book received the Geisel Award, a Best Performance Award named after Ted âDr. Seussâ Geisel, who wrote several of …
Read More »SMIF rewards over 23,000 children’s books through grant program – Albert Lea Tribune
The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) recently awarded 23,622 children’s books worth $ 420,472 to 47 organizations through its Early Literacy Grant Program. This grant supports early literacy efforts that improve school readiness for children from birth to five years old by providing children with books, according to a press …
Read More »Authors David and Nicola Yoon Reach First Look Deal with Anonymous Content – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Anonymous Content has entered into a first agreement with New York Times bestselling writers, husband and wife duo David and Nicola Yoon, and their new production banner Yooniverse Media. Under the pact, anonymous content will have exclusive first look rights to original film and television ideas created and curated …
Read More »David Walliams ‘would have become a teacher’ if he hadn’t been a TV star
I If the actor and children’s author David Walliams hadn’t become famous, he would have preferred to become a teacher. The Little Britain star said the experience of being in a classroom as a boy with several inspiring teachers stuck with him his entire adult life. âI think I would …
Read More »Bolton family gives back by raising for books and bread
BOLTON – A Bolton family gives back to the community by helping low-income children have better access to books. Brothers Dante and Vince Snoonian, seventh and eighth graders respectively at Florence Sawyer School, are collecting books in English and Spanish to redistribute to those in need locally and elsewhere in …
Read More »‘Chicka Chicka Boom Boom’ illustrator Lois Ehlert dies at 86
Famous children’s author Eric Carle dies at 91 Carle, known for writing The Very Hungry Caterpillar, died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts. MILWAUKEE – Lois Ehlert, whose cut-and-paste shapes and vibrant hues in books like “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” make her one of the most popular preschool …
Read More »Western writers to visit Lake County | Free content
The combined efforts of several Arkansas Valley groups will result in a visit by acclaimed Western author Chris Enss to mountain communities in Colorado from June 11-12. Enss is a New York Times bestselling author who has written about women of the Old West for over 20 years. She has …
Read More »Little Free Libraries’ New Initiative Brings Various Books to Twin Cities
Little Free Libraries – those wooden pedestal boxes filled with copies of The Hunger Games and slightly beloved picture books – began popping up in neighborhoods of Twin Cities ten years ago. Now over 100,000 strongholds, the tiny book-sharing stands have been a hit in our cities and around the …
Read More »American Book Fair Supports Literacy Programs in Boys and Girls Clubs of America
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Read More »The magic of books | Higher education school
Nilda Soto Ruiz, GSE professor and chair of the master’s program in school leadership, read Caps for Sale during the GSE Read Aloud marathon held in honor of World Book Day on April 23. Designated by UNESCO in 1995 as a global celebration of books and reading, World Book Day …
Read More »Edmonds author of Nick Baker’s books now available in audio format
Kathy Passage and Nick Baker are recording the audiobooks. The two children’s books by Nick Baker, author and musician from Edmonds – Bad blues behavior and Tortoise – are now available in audio format. According to Kathy Passage, Baker’s mother (and Restaurant News editor), she and Baker had heard some …
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During Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, TODAY shares community history, pain, joy and continuation for the AAPI movement. We’ll be posting personal essays, stories, videos, and specials throughout May. As Asian American communities grapple with rising anti-Asian hatred, this year’s AAPI Heritage Month looks more urgent than ever. For …
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