Kerry Cerra

Oct 2, 2023 | slj.com | M. Leona Godin |Jess deCourcy Hinds |Kerry Cerra |Lee De Groft

M. Leona Godin Portrait by Roy Nachum/Photo by Alabaster Rhumb As a kid growing up with a degenerative retinal eye disease, the first thing I lost was my central vision. This meant I couldn’t read standard-size ink print by the time I was 16. Back in the 1980s, there were no ebooks allowing me to easily change the magnification. There were also very few good books published in large print (they were mostly for older adults).

Sep 19, 2023 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Amanda MacGregor |Kerry Cerra

Full of excitement and intrigue, these noteworthy first books will leave readers clamoring for the next installment. Burton, Gabi. Sing Me to Sleep. 432p. (Sing Me to Sleep: Bk. 1). Bloomsbury. Jun. 2023. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781547610372. Gr 7 Up–In this murder mystery wrapped in fantasy, debut author Burton creates an entire world filled with fae, humans, witches, and a siren.

Sep 19, 2023 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Brigid Alverson |Jess deCourcy Hinds |Kerry Cerra |Cathy Camper

From Fox + Chick: Up and Down and Other Stories by Sergio Ruzzier © Chronicle Books LLC Animal stories have been around since Aesop told his first fable, and probably before. In the modern era, there’s a storied legacy of tales about funny animals who talk, wear bowler hats, play baseball, or act human in other ways.

Sep 7, 2023 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Kerry Cerra |Abby Johnson |Cathy Camper |Abby Bussen

Illustration ©2022 by Molly Brooks. From Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee. Published by Random House Graphic. How can librarians build a mental health book collection that is engaging, welcoming, and maybe even funny? For me, that was a tall order. The teen self-help titles I purchased for my high school library were hit or miss; sometimes they seemed condescending. What kinds of books would help destigmatize mental health topics? Illustrated ones, it turned out.