Books

Students shouldn’t need to be speaking up on behalf of their right to books, and yet, in today’s America, it’s students who are being forced to defend books about people of color, about queer people, and about inclusivity. We saw this in York, Pennsylvania, earlier this fall. We saw it in Downers Grove, Illinois, where

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From the Bad Guys series , Vol. 1 by Aaron Blabey ; illustrated by Aaron Blabey ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 3, 2017 Four misunderstood villains endeavor to turn over a new leaf…or a new rap sheet in Blabey’s frenzied romp. As readers open the first page of this early chapter book, Mr. Wolf is right

Wattpad, a platform used to host both fan fiction and original fiction, has announced a new partnership with ViacomCBS. Viacom will adapt stories from Wattpad as well as the webcomic platform WEBTOON into series to stream on Paramount+. Wattpad was purchased this year by Naver, the parent company of WEBTOON, for $600 million dollars. This

The votes are in and the Goodreads community has spoken. Today, Goodreads has announced the Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 winners. This year, 4,756,261 votes were cast, as compared to 5,674,480 last year. The Goodreads Choice Awards began in 2009. Each year, Goodreads analyzes the ratings and reviews of hundreds of millions of books published during

by Brandon Stanton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 6, 2020 The creator of the hit internet series Humans of New York takes it global, chasing down a panoply of interesting stories. In 1955, Edward Steichen staged a show called “The Family of Man,” a gathering of photographs that emphasized the commonality of humankind. Stanton’s project seemingly

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The prison cell in Norfolk Prison in Massachusetts where Malcolm X is believed to have been incarcerated is being transformed into the first of 1,000 planned Freedom Libraries. The initiative is the creation of Reginald Dwayne Betts, an author and lawyer who was incarcerated at 16 for 9 years. He read daily and credits access

Mary Balogh’s fabulous Westcott series boasts some of the most memorable characters in her oeuvre and her latest installment, Someone Perfect, is a fitting addition. Despite coming from very disparate backgrounds, two people connect at an unanticipated and deeply emotional level in this historical romance.  Lady Estelle Lamarr was horrified when her close confidant, Maria,

A memoir of healing from trauma and addiction from a well-known West Coast political figure. In 2017, Davis, then the wife of former California attorney general and treasurer Bill Lockyer, was arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse; she eventually was ordered by a judge to attend 180 days of mandatory Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. She was

The North East Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, has pulled 414 books from their shelves for review following a letter from a Republican lawmaker labelling them inappropriate. They are also adding an electronic tool that will allow parents to see which books their children have checked out from the library. In October, Republican

Mark your calendars: the classic and much-beloved children’s television show Reading Rainbow is coming back in early 2022. After more than 15 years off the air, the show will return to airwaves as Reading Rainbow Live, and it will feature a diverse and rotating range of comedic troupe performers as hosts. The return was prompted

by Matthew McConaughey ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 20, 2020 All right, all right, all right: The affable, laconic actor delivers a combination of memoir and self-help book. “This is an approach book,” writes McConaughey, adding that it contains “philosophies that can be objectively understood, and if you choose, subjectively adopted, by either changing your reality,

A “first look” at the new animated Harriet the Spy TV show has just gone up on YouTube. It features interviews with producers and voice actors, and it promises the show is a “Valentine” to the book. It takes place in the same setting at the original Harriet the Spy: 1960s New York City. Harriet

In Olga Dies Dreaming, the personal and the political are masterfully intertwined. Its titular heroine, the uber-talented Olga Acevedo, grew up in a working-class Nuyorican family (New Yorkers of Puerto Rican descent) full of strivers and revolutionaries. But as an adult, she makes her living as a wedding planner, catering to New York City’s elite

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by Brandi Dougherty ; illustrated by Michelle Todd ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 26, 2017 Dot, the smallest reindeer at the North Pole, is too little to fly with the reindeer team on Christmas Eve, but she helps Santa in a different, unexpected way. Dot is distressed because she can’t jump and fly like the other,

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Delve into the world of light novels and you’ll eventually find yourself running across mention of web novels. Not gonna lie: it can be confusing when trying to figure out the difference. Some of the most famous light novels began as self-published series on internet forums, after all. Wouldn’t that make them web novels, too?