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Book Lists & Behind-the-Scenes
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Never Give Up: An Interview with Author Debbie Dadey and Illustrator Juliana Oakley
Meet Hungarian American biochemist Katalin “Kati” Karikó. She became fascinated by science as a child and grew up determined to find a way to use messenger RNA—a copy of a part of DNA that provides cells with instructions to make proteins—to help fight illness. Never Give Up: Dr. Kati Karikó and the Race for the Future of Vaccines follows her journey from her childhood in rural Hungary to leading the way in the creation of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Today author Debbie Dadey and illustrator Juliana Oakley join us to discuss the inspiration behind their work and their hopes for young readers as they discover Dr. Karikó for the first time.
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Past Meets Present In YA and MG Fiction
As a kid, I was obsessed with historical fiction. For me, it was an exciting escape from my generally comfortable but uneventful middle-class white life. Only later did I notice that it’s usually white people who fantasize about living in a different time.
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The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent: An Interview With Author Ann Jacobus
Hopeful and compassionate, The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent follows eighteen-year-old Del as she discovers she cannot fully value life without accepting the realities of death. She’s in a healthier place more than a year after a suicide attempt. She’s sober, getting treatment for her depression and anxiety, and volunteering at a suicide-prevention hotline. But when her aunt receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, Del is forced to confront the demons she’s been keeping at bay.
Today author Ann Jacobus shares her inspiration for the book, her research, and her writing routines. Read on to download the free discussion guide!
Content warning: This book does involve discussions of suicidal ideation and references to suicide.
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Free Spring Picture Book Webinar
Explore inclusive, educational, and delightful new picture books. Register today to join us live, or to receive a link to the recorded webinar, plus a complete list of all titles recommended, free downloads, and more information. PD credit is available.
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Celebrate Poetry Month
Poetry is . . .
a canvas for self-expression
a gym to exercise creativity
a lab for processing emotions and complicated thoughts
a pruner for synthesizing information
a sticky note for reminders
a mixer for stirring up feelings
a bridge connecting minds and hearts.
Check out some of our most popular poetry books and click the link for resources to help you celebrate National Poetry Month with students, including downloadable poetry posters, videos of authors reading their poems, and a printable for Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day, April 27.
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Grab Your Digital Copy of The Weight of Everything
It’s been six months since Sarah’s mom died. Three months since her dad fell apart. Sarah has left her fine arts boarding school to take care of her dad and her little brother, and now she’s trying to hold everything together at home while adjusting to the local public high school.
But then a school project prompts Sarah to delve into her mom’s Mexican and Guatemalan roots. As she learns more about this side of her heritage, Sarah starts to understand her mom better—and starts to face her own grief. When she stumbles upon a long-buried piece of history that mattered deeply to her mom, Sarah realizes she can’t carry her pain silently anymore. She has to speak up, and she can’t do it alone.
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New Reviews and Accolades
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★ Nearer My Freedom
“This moving found-verse adaptation of the formerly enslaved Equiano’s 1789 memoir makes a seminal work of history accessible to young readers.”
— New York Times Book Review
starred, ShelfAwareness
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★ The Bear and the Wildcat
“[A] touchstone for talking about loss.”
— starred, Publishers Weekly
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★ Rise to the Sky
“[T]his handsome book offers an appealing, informative introduction to trees.”
— Booklist
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Rainbow Letters
“[A] compassionate, cheerfully rhyming text.”
— Publishers Weekly
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Pirate Passover
“Press’s premise is whimsical, while round-headed, bright-eyed characters from Gulliver appear thoroughly earnest, impressing upon readers how observance and tradition persist no matter the circumstances.”
― Publishers Weekly
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The Green Girls
“The artwork is eye-catching and colorful and brings even more energy to this already exciting story. For readers looking for stories ripped from the headlines or anyone who cares about saving the Earth.”
— School Library Journal
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Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask
“The emotional structure of the story…will resonate with many readers.”
— The Horn Book Magazine
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Men of the 65th
“An important read about an often forgotten piece of U.S. military history that celebrates its subject by fore fronting their bravery in overcoming obstacles both foreign and domestic”
— Publishers Weekly
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The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent
“[S]triking just the right tone and treating her highly sympathetic characters with dignity and compassion.”
— Booklist
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| ★ Click here for all our latest stars and award winners! ★ |
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- Torch has been selected as a 2022 L.A. Times Book Prize finalist in the YA Literature category.
- Notes from a Sickbed was nominated for the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize in the category of Best Print Comic on Comics Beat website.
- Timothy Dinoman Saves the Cat was reviewed on Sequential Tart.
- Lerner Publishing Group receives Best Pre-School Licensing Project award for SEL Publishing Program with Sesame Street
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