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It turns out that I can get a lot of reading done when I don’t have go to my day job! With all that time off, December was a really great reading month for me. We’ve got 11 books to get through, so let’s jump right into my mini reviews (click the titles...

Fiction Slade House by David Mitchell Born out of the short story David Mitchell published on Twitter in 2014 and inhabiting the same universe as his latest bestselling novel The Bone Clocks, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a dark and stormy...

How long has it been since you've noticed someone seated on a park bench or on the subway with his nose buried in a book? You might think reading is a dying hobby if it's been a while, but a survey recently by Pew Research Center indicates that's not...

The response to our recent list of Culturally Diverse books has been passionate and engaging. Many SLJ readers pointed out the lack of titles focusing on Native American culture—particularly titles by Native authors and illustrators. Others...

Andew Arnold Andrew Arnold is one of the co-authors of the Adventures in Cartooning series and moonlights [during the day] as a book designer for a children’s book publisher. His work has appeared in several publications, including Nickelodeon...