A recent New Yorker piece got me thinking about how we define “good” kidlit. Using Goosebumps books as an example, the New Yorker author questions whether financial success, awards, psychological value, or popularity makes a book “good”–by which he means lasting, rereadable, culture-changing “literature.” I found his discussion of “socially conscious” children’s books particularly interesting. There seems…Continue reading Socially conscious kidlit
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Book review: Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson
I was lucky enough to snag a copy of the gorgeous, brand-new Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson from Quarto Publishing. If you love poetry and art–or heck, just appreciate thoughtful contemplation of the seasons–check out this book. Divided into seasons, 35 of Dickinson’s nature poems edited by Dickinson expert Susan Snively dance among beautiful ink-and-watercolor illustrations…Continue reading Book review: Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson
Book review: I Am Jazz
Banned books stun me. Seriously? We’re still doing this? When I read about a school in Wisconsin cancelling an author’s reading–of a PICTURE BOOK–for fear of lawsuits, and then 600 people packed a library a week later to hear that author read, I knew I had to check out this book. I Am Jazz by Jessica…Continue reading Book review: I Am Jazz
Book review: One Crazy Summer
Rita Williams Garcia’s One Crazy Summer hooked me right away. Narrator Delphine, a spunky 11-year-old girl, travels across the country with her sisters to see their mother, but spends her summer at a Black Panther camp for kids in 1960s Oakland, California.
Anthology publication!
So excited! An essay I submitted some time ago will be published in an anthology! The anthology is a collection of birth stories, and mine is about giving birth five days after evacuating from Hurricane Katrina. The editor said the book should be available sometime before December. I will definitely share the word when it…Continue reading Anthology publication!
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