A Not-Recommended E-Book: THROUGH THE HIDDEN DOOR by Rosemary Wells

You know how kids can be cruel? Cruel kids are the opening for this novel. A group of cruel boys is throwing rocks at a dog that belongs to ...

What I Like about Eric Gansworth's IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE

America--or any nation--celebrates moments and events in its history that show that nation in a good light. Noting those moments is importan...

I was in Washington D.C. last week. When I'm there, I try to get over to Busboys and Poets and check out the books they have in the book...

While I'm working on my review essay about Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here , here's what Cynthia Leitich Smith had to...

An individual responsible for curriculum in a Wisconsin school district wrote to ask me about The Broken Blade , by William Durbin. Durbin...

Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat is a much acclaimed book. When published in 1989, it was hailed as groundbreaking, primarily for its i...

A few days ago, I wrote about Francesca Lia Block's now-classic Weetzie Bat. Although I appreciate that the gay relationship in it was ...

Years ago I started reading Weetzie Bat but put it down, in part, because of these passages in the first few pages of the first chapter (not...

De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children is a new blog, just launched a few days ago. De Colores is moderated by Beverly Slap...

Does your library have Luci Tapahonso's Blue Horses Rush In on your YA or adult fiction or poetry shelves? Is her Songs of Shiprock Fair...