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The Business of Being a Writer Jane Friedman
Don’t Stop … Believing
Learn­ing about writ­ing for chil­dren is nev­er over. Like teach­ing, as you work at it, you will learn more. In fact, that aspect of con­stant learn­ing is one of the best things about the job.
The AI Incident
The AI Incident
What does it mean to be human? Not every mid­dle grade nov­el tack­les that ques­tion. The AI Inci­dent doesn’t shy away from exam­in­ing AI, robot­ics, learn­ing, and being human. It does so with laugh­ter, car­ing, and intrigue.
Hot Dog by Doug Salati
The Glob­al Ocean
Pic­ture books can fos­ter a deep­er appre­ci­a­tion for the “Earth’s beat­ing heart,” our glob­al ocean. From ocean shores to the depths of the sea, these five Calde­cott award books trans­port read­ers to this extra­or­di­nary environment.
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Fix­ing It
In the past six months, we’ve talked about the busi­ness of book pub­lish­ing and the basics of draft­ing sto­ry. Now it’s time for more infor­ma­tion on the all-impor­tant work of fix­ing that sto­ry, also known as revision.
I Love Blueberries
I Love Blueberries!
Cel­e­brat­ing a ter­rif­ic book for young peo­ple that will get them excit­ed about grow­ing their own food. Hydro­pon­ics, yum­my blue­ber­ries … you’ll want to share this one.
The Yellow Bus
The Yel­low Bus
There is a boy in my sto­ry­time who is learn­ing Eng­lish along­side at least one, if not more, lan­guages. He is a seri­ous two-year-old. He nev­er talks. He does not sing along. He is loathe to “par­tic­i­pate” in any way …
Nikki Grimes
Nik­ki Grimes
We’re always excit­ed when Nik­ki Grimes shares one of her new books with us. This one is espe­cial­ly love­ly, A Cup of Qui­et, which cel­e­brates the grand­par­ent and grand­child rela­tion­ship as well as all the sounds we hear when we’re qui­et and we pay attention.
Small Walt by Elizabeth Verdick and Marc Rosenthal
Vroom! Vroom! Things that Go (Or Don’t)
This is a month for vehi­cles, imag­ined vehi­cles, that take us straight out of our chaot­ic and wor­ri­some now to “what if.”
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Writ­ing Story
Hel­lo again, Edu­ca­tors! For those of you who want to pub­lish a children’s book, it’s time to talk about sto­ry (oth­er­wise known as narrative).
Dipper of Copper Creek by John George and Jean George
The Lega­cy of Jean Craig­head George
Jean Craig­head George … To me, she led an amaz­ing­ly rich life. She gave me a book I tru­ly loved and set me on the path to learn about nature.
The Lucky Ones
Com­mu­ni­ty in Action
Our com­mu­ni­ties in action: sud­den­ly, many books that felt like dis­tant his­to­ry have become top­i­cal once again. Read­ing about the des­per­ate chal­lenges our fore­bears have faced, espe­cial­ly in well-researched nov­els and non­fic­tion, give us all hope that we can find a bridge to the bet­ter side.
Hot Air Marjorie Priceman
Flight
Four Calde­cott Award books cel­e­brate the exhil­a­ra­tion of flight, with two jour­neys inspired by his­to­ry and two by imagination.
Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life
Com­mu­ni­ty Build­ing: Pic­ture Books
a book­list fea­tur­ing pic­ture books that relate sto­ries of peace through com­mu­ni­ty building
Simon Sort of Says Erin Bow
Com­mu­ni­ty Build­ing: Novels
In this book­list, we rec­om­mend nov­els for ages 9 to adult that tell sto­ries of char­ac­ters who build a car­ing com­mu­ni­ty around them.
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Men­tal Health in Chil­dren’s Literature
Authors Dr. Nan­cy Bo Flood and Ann Jacobus have been curat­ing a list of tra­di­tion­al­ly pub­lished, excep­tion­al children’s lit­er­a­ture that tack­les men­tal ill­ness for over a decade.

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