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A Fuse #8 Production
by Betsy Bird
Teen Librarian Toolbox
by Amanda MacGregor
Good Comics for Kids
by Brigid Alverson
December 9, 2014 by Joy Piedmont
I’ll Give You the Sun, Jandy Nelson Dial Books for Young Readers, September 2014 Reviewed from digital galley and final copy A lot of things make me cry. A great book, a sad movie, and occasionally, a really moving commercial*. I have a long list and I’m really honest about being particularly susceptible. But I’m […]
September 17, 2014 by Karyn Silverman
How I Discovered Poetry, Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Hadley Hooper Dial Books, January 2014 Reviewed from final copy Marilyn Nelson, author of the 2006 Printz honor book A Wreath for Emmett Till, is responsible for what may be this year’s most unique contender, pairing two genres only occasionally spotted in the YA world — memoir […]
March 4, 2012 by Karyn Silverman
Another day, another preview. (Did I mention my deep and abiding love of previews? How fun is it to dress up and eat food and socialize with other librarians WHILE HEARING ABOUT GREAT BOOKS? It brings out all my geek.) So really, when I say another day, another preview, recognize that actually I’m dancing around […]
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October 18, 2011 by Karyn Silverman
I keep starting to write about Chime. And then stopping. (This is take 5.) I’ve read a lot of books I really enjoyed thus far this year. And I’ve read a lot of really excellent books. Sometimes they’re even the same book. But Chime was the first 2011 book that made me say wow, and […]
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