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Quest (Becker) ©2014 by Aaron Becker Becker, Aaron. Quest. illus. by Aaron Becker. 40p. Candlewick. Aug. 2014. Tr $15.99. ISBN 9780763665951. K-Gr 3 –Becker places the boy, girl, and violet bird from Journey (Candlewick, 2013)—the first title of his...

This month is the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month, a celebration of language and literary achievement from around the world. In honor of that, I’ve compiled a list of children’s books out in 2016; picture books, middle grade, and young adult...

Ben Fountain’s wise, surprising Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (Ecco), Michael Gorra’s expansive Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece (A Liveright Book: W. W. Norton), and Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers...

So I just got the 2013 BookScan data, but for me the biggest hole is ALWAYS “stuff that didn’t get categorized correctly” — supposed to be coded as “comics”, but, instead, it is listed as something else.  This...

One of the reasons I'm drawn to children's literature is that the right book really is a gift that can last a lifetime. For me, one of those books is A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams. So when the sad news of Williams' passing broke this year...