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SLJ‘s August 2016 Popular Picks feature some great titles that your kids and teens will be clamoring for. This month, check out the latest from Nicola Yoon; Dan Santat’s newest early reader, part of Mo Willems’s “Elephant and Piggie Like Reading” series...

Since we’re getting ready for a group bicycle ride across Mexico, I thought I would share the story of another journey in that land: the tale of a young girl’s first trip out of her own country with her grandfather. This true story was sent to me as...

There’s no doubt about it, the food landscape is changing. words by Virginia Chamlee  //  photos by Agnes Lopez Though it may take a while, food trends—cupcakes, food trucks, anything with kale in it—will inevitably make...

“PLEASE, WRITE A GOOD PROPAGANDA PIECE on the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea,” Kim, one of my two minders, pleads with me (i.e., strongly recommends) when we separate at Pyongyang airport after a week together. Having spent his entire life saturated...

Whenever I chat with people about travel in Seoul, cost is the first topic that comes up. It’s true, this isn’t the cheapest city in Asia (especially if you’ve just wrapped up a trip in Southeast Asia), however, the Korean capital isn’t a destination...