Black History Month Picturebook Recommendations — By Jessica Wise
Check out these books for Black History Month! These books are recently published and are all winners or honor books on ALA award lists such as the Caldecott Medal and Read more
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2025 WINNER OF THE 2025 SCOTT O’DELL AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION
The Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Selection Committee is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 award is THE COLOR OF A LIE BY KIM JOHNSON, published Read more
AWARD NEWS: African Town is the Winner of the 2023 Scott O’Dell Award!
Reinberger Children’s Library Center, Kent State University School of Information February 14, 2023 The Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Selection Committee is excited to announce that African Town Read more
Celebrate World Beard Day!
Celebrate World Beard Day today with these 5 fun and quirky books! Mustache Baby Meets His Match Written by Bridget Heos and illustrated by Joy Ang Mustache Baby Read more
Fun Fact Friday: Russell Hoban
Russell Hoban, author of the seven “Frances the Badger” books—among many others—based the character of Frances partly on the experiences of his four children and their friends. Many of his Read more
Famous Author and Illustrator Birthdays in June
June 2nd: Norton Juster Juster’s books include “The Phantom Tollbooth,” winner of the George C. Stone Centre for Children’s Books Award, “The Dot and the Line,” and “The Hello Goodbye Read more
Famous Author and Illustrator Birthdays in May
May 4th: Don Wood Don Wood is well known for the best-selling classics “The Napping House,” “The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear.” Wood grew Read more
