Ashlie Swicker

Boston

Contributing Writer at Book Riot

Writer, elementary librarian, founder of Be Your Own Lady. Wants to read about fat girls. @Bookriot contributor. she/her. #beyourownbookclub

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Cool Kids Read Books: Bookish Gifts for the Young Ones You Love

5 days ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Finding the perfect gift for a child can feel like a quest worthy of its own story—but for young readers and budding bookworms, the best presents often come with pages. Bookish gifts offer more than just entertainment; they spark imagination, build empathy, and inspire a lifelong love of learning.
Cool Kids Read Books: Bookish Gifts for the Young Ones You Love

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Ashlie Swicker

4 hours agoConfronted with a Vegas buffet of carnality, Generation Z appears to be losing its appetite. The virgin allegations emerged about a decade ago. Young people “are so sexually inactive that it practically boggles the mind,” a writer for Bustle proclaimed, in 2016, invoking a then recent study that …
Adventure Is Out There: Playful Picture Books for Summer Reading

2 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The summer reading season has begun! Summer is the perfect time to slow down, soak up the sunshine, and get lost in a good book. This is especially true for kids. And for younger readers, picture books are a great way to keep imaginations buzzing all season long. An added plus?
Best Beachy Bookish Goods for Summer Reading

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s beach read season in the Northern Hemisphere, and not a moment too soon. Readers everywhere are emerging from their cozy dens, shrugging off warm blankets and tucking away thick socks, ready to take their bookish worlds out of doors and into the sun.
The Best Bookish Gifts for New Grads

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s graduation season! Across ages and academic levels, students are moving on to the next stage. The next chapter, if you will? This time of year can lead to a plethora of gift-giving opportunities: end-of-year teacher gifts loom, and bridal showers seem to stack up on top of the already constant birthdays.
Picture Books with Neurodivergent Kids

2 months ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Neurodivergent kids need to see themselves in books, but neurotypical kids need this window into the lives of their peers just as much. . It’s not a diagnosis in and of itself, but can refer to conditions that include autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, and dyspraxia.
Top-Notch T-Shirts to Celebrate Libraries

2 months ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Let us take a moment and enjoy some library T-shirts, shall we? There are plenty of reasons to be looking for one to add to your wardrobe. April 6th kicks off National Library Week, while the entire month of April is National School Library Month.
How Libraries Can Support Media Literacy

Mar 28, 2025 | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

I recently shared my suspicions about the consequences of a lack of media literacy. The critical skills that allow people to apply context, curiosity, and proof of validity when consuming information have never been more important. A quote from Sam Wineburg, PhD bears repeating: I’ve come to believe that reliable information is to civic health what clean water and proper sanitation are to public health. Never has so much information been at our fingertips as it is today.
Picture Books about Women Breaking Gender Roles

Mar 27, 2025 | bookriot.com | Jerdine Nolen |Kadir Nelson |Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Picture books are one of our first windows into who we can be. After a certain age, dozens of things are fighting for a person’s attention: friend groups, television shows, music, sales ads, and influencers shape identity as we move through the world.
Picture Books About Immigration to America

Mar 10, 2025 | bookriot.com | Alfredo Alva |Deborah L. Mills |Claudia Navarro |Ashlie Swicker

There is nothing more hypocritical than setting up a country on land that was inhabited by established groups, bullying and murdering across the landmass to stretch the political borders, populating the country with people from around the world, then deciding that other groups are too dangerous to come in and grandly persecuting anyone who dares to flee to the “land of the free.” Seriously? It sounds ridiculous when you put it that way because it is ridiculous, with horrifying results.