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Aug 15, 2024 | 
bookriot.com | Joana Estrela |Lyn Miller-Lachmann |Kelly Jensen
August is Women in Translation Month, an annual celebration of books by women authors across the globe whose books have been translated for an English-reading audience. We know that books in translation are already rare in YA, so it is likely little surprise that women’s work in translation lags behind that of male counterparts (and any global writers beyond the gender binary, even rarer). But translated literature is special.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
johnsoncountypost.com | Kwame Alexander |Deanna Nikaido |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
This year, a group of Shawnee Mission School District students reflected on the idea of lifting up others, and shared their creative thoughts through essays and poetry. The Shawnee Mission School District is highlighting the creativity of several of these students in the month of April through the Read Across SMSD theme “Discover the Power of Poetry.”The elementary book featured during this month is “How to Write a Poem” by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
schoollibraryjournal.com | Sam Bloom |Edith Campbell |Sujei Lugo Vázquez |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
by SLJ Reviews Jul 05, 2023 | Filed in News & Features Non-apparent disabilities are those that aren't visible from the outside, such as chronic or mental illness. These 16 titles include a diverse range of stories about young people living with non-apparent disabilities. Non-apparent disabilities are those that aren't visible from the outside, such as chronic or mental illness. These 16 titles include a diverse range of stories about young people living with non-apparent disabilities.
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Jun 21, 2023 | 
schoollibraryjournal.com | Sam Bloom |Edith Campbell |Sujei Lugo Vázquez |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
FictionBrown, Diane Marie. Black Candle Women. 368p. Graydon House. Feb. 2023. Tr $28.99. ISBN 9781525899911. In the decades before the novel’s present, Augusta Montrose was blessed with a gift from her ancestor, the loa Lanora; recognizing this, the powerful Bela Nova began training her in the religion of Voodoo and the practice of hoodoo magic. But when Augusta ran off with Bela Nova’s son, Bela Nova cursed the Montrose family: the men they love will die.
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
schoollibraryjournal.com | Sam Bloom |Edith Campbell |Sujei Lugo Vázquez |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
School Library Journal has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share and promote the group's annual summer reading recommendations. In the last couple of weeks, SLJ has published individual posts featuring their recommendations for picture books, transitional books, middle grade, and young adult titles.
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
schoollibraryjournal.com | Sam Bloom |Edith Campbell |Sujei Lugo Vázquez |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
From the left: Kids at the Mendoza Dairy in Point Reyes, CA, get ready to read, play, and learn with the Learning Bus/El Bus Del Aprendizaje; Part of Marin County Free Library’s Reading on the Ranches program. Courtesy of the Marin County Free Library For nearly 25 years, pairs of teenage interns have fanned out to dairy ranches in Northern California during the summer to bring books and games to the workers and their families through a program called Reading on the Ranches.
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
slj.com | Sam Bloom |Edith Campbell |Sujei Lugo Vázquez |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
School Library Journal has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share and promote the group's annual summer reading recommendations. In the last couple of weeks, SLJ published individual posts featuring their recommendations for picture books, transitional books, middle grade, and young adult titles.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
slj.com | Sam Bloom |Edith Campbell |Sujei Lugo Vázquez |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
There’s something for every middle grader in this roundup curated by the We Are Kid Lit Collective. Up-and-coming chefs, family and friendship drama, and propulsive informational texts will keep tweens engaged beyond the summer months. School Library Journal has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share and promote the group's annual summer reading recommendations.
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Jun 6, 2023 | 
slj.com | Sam Bloom |Edith Campbell |Sujei Lugo Vázquez |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
by SLJ Staff Jun 06, 2023 | Filed in News & Features These three disparate middle grade titles that feature plotlines informed by pandemics are especially relevant in the age of COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many of our lives forever, and that remains apparent in its emerging presence in fiction across genres.
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Jun 5, 2023 | 
slj.com | Sam Bloom |Edith Campbell |Sujei Lugo Vázquez |Lyn Miller-Lachmann
School Library Journal has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share and promote the group's annual summer reading recommendations. In the next couple of weeks, SLJ will publish individual posts featuring their recommendations for picture books, transitional books, middle grade, and young adult titles. Part of We Are Kid Lit Collective's 2023 Summer Reading selections, this list features early chapter books, graphic novels, and other transitional books for emerging readers.
