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Margaret Kingsbury

Nashville

Newsletter Editor and Writer at Book Riot

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Newsletter Editor at City Cast

Newsletter editor & writer for @BookRiot, formerly @BuzzFeedBooks. Other words @SLJournal @ParentsMagazine @TheLilyNews. Writing SFF & kidlit. She/they

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  • 1 week ago | bookriot.com | Margaret Kingsbury

    Penguin Young ReadersCelebrate AANHPI Month with books for middle grade readers! Click to learn more!May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month! This year’s theme is “A Legacy of Leadership and Resilience,” and many of the new AANHPI middle grade books I review below illustrate this theme. One chronicles the life of a Filipino guerrilla fighter. Another depicts a basketball star deciding to show the world he loves drag.

  • 3 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Margaret Kingsbury

    This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Earth Day is April 22, and this year’s theme is “Our Power, Our Planet,” asking everyone to take action to protect our planet right now. The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970, and now events are celebrated nationwide.

  • 2 months ago | bookriot.com | Margaret Kingsbury

    This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The tween years are possibly the most awkward time of life, and nothing quite embodies that unresolved period between child and teenager like the angsty floundering of a first crush.

  • 2 months ago | bookriot.com | Margaret Kingsbury

    This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Children’s books fall into six main categories based on age groups and format: board books (ages 0-3), picture books (3-8), readers (4-8), chapter books (6-9), middle grade (8-12), and young adult (12-18).

  • Jan 28, 2025 | slj.com | Kathy Ishizuka |Margaret Kingsbury

    Illustration and SLJ February Cover (see below) by Jessie Lin When Stacey Barney started her career in publishing 23 years ago, she was one of only a few Black people in editorial roles. “I think you could likely count us on one hand,” she says, referring to all of publishing, not just her company.

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11 Oct 24

RT @ClayLaSoul: Shout out to @whittlz and @areaderlymom for this write-up on the 𝙉𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚. I've been working on this stuff…

Margaret Kingsbury
Margaret Kingsbury @areaderlymom
2 Oct 24

RT @macfound: Meet Alice Wong (@SFdirewolf), a writer, editor, disability justice activist, and 2024 #MacFellow using storytelling to incre…

Margaret Kingsbury
Margaret Kingsbury @areaderlymom
7 Sep 24

RT @BookRiot: Here are the children's books you'll want to have on your TBR releasing this month. https://t.co/lWKdQQ7jOt