A little girl cannot sleep through the night. So what does she do? Well, she gathers her sleep gear and heads to the roof of the building for a night of great rest, of course! At Night by Jonathan Bean is the ideal book for storytime. A Girl With ARead More →
“Why is daddy’s head bald?” This is the question that sparks an adventurous tale about alopecia and one girl’s acceptance of her father and his head without hair in Debora Ceballos de Alamon’s Where the Hair Don’t Grow. How The Story Begins Anna is getting ready for storytime and aRead More →
New York, NY – Ayana Gray will publish her debut Adult Fantasy, I, Medusa, with Random House. The forthcoming book garnered many bids on the heels of Gray’s successful YA trilogy Beasts of Prey. I, Medusa is the retelling of Medusa from Greek Mythology. Gray’s story reimagines Medusa as aRead More →
*Note: This article originally appears on Reedsy Discovery’s platform. Thank you to the author and platform for providing a digital copy of the book free of charge. What can a dog teach kids about compassion? Everything! Omar Rezec explores the concept of love and responsibility in his picture book, MaxRead More →
NEW YORK, NY – Yvette Manessis Corporon was an award-winning producer who felt unfulfilled. “I’m gonna say it off the top. I get it. I know how lucky I am,” she tells PEOPLE. “But like so many women, I was in the weeds of it, and I was so depletedRead More →
September is the season of renewal. Gone are the leaves that provided shade and nourishment during the spring and summer months. In line with refreshment, I have created a list of books that caught my attention last month. Check them out and consider adding a few to your to-be-read (TBR)Read More →
East of Eden by John Steinbeck is getting a miniseries! The show is slated to join the Netflix lineup with the vision of writer Zoe Kazan taking centerstage to bring the story from the pages of the book to the streaming world. “Zoe’s thoughtful and artistic vision pays homage toRead More →
LOS ANGELES, CA – The children of the late Kim Porter are speaking out in rebuke of Chris Todd who released an unauthorized memoir of the model earlier this month. Jessie, D’Lila, Quincy, and Chance published a statement on Instagram that denounced the book’s accuracy this past Tuesday (Sept. 24). Read More →
LAWNDALE, CA – Israel Campbell, author of Carlyle the Crocodile Who Lived on the River Nile, is coming to Lawndale Public Library this Saturday (Sept. 28). The children’s author will read his book aloud and offer signed copies of the treasured story to those who purchase the book onsite. CarlyleRead More →
September 22, 2024, through September 28, 2024, is recognized as Banned Books Week in the United States of America. Last year marked a precedent in which more than 4,000 book titles were either challenged or banned in various parts of the country. The majority of these titles were either writtenRead More →