Two years of practice were enough to crown a brand-new, history-making winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans, Louisiana, won the competition, correctly spelling “querimonious,” “solidungulate,” and the final winning word “murraya” — a type of tree. “Does this word contain the English name Murray, which could be the
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by Suzanne Lang ; illustrated by Max Lang ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2018 It’s a wonderful day in the jungle, so why’s Jim Panzee so grumpy? When Jim woke up, nothing was right: “The sun was too bright, the sky was too blue, and bananas were too sweet.” Norman the gorilla asks Jim why
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In this YA debut, a troubled teenager gets thrust into the fictional superhero setting of her amateur storytelling efforts, where the conflicts, creatures, and characters she fashioned put her in grave danger. Playwright Portman’s SF/fantasy novel might remind genre readers of Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart franchise. Olive Joshi, 16, is on a stressful plane trip to
Kumail Nanjiani will star in and executive produce a limited series adaptation of Homeland Elegies by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar, Deadline reported. Akhtar, who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play Disgraced, will write the adaptation with Oren Moverman, who will direct the eight-episode series. FX is developing the series adapted
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has a legacy of creating literary themed stamps, including stamps honoring the classic The Snowy Day, as well as their Literary Arts series spanning 32 different literary figures. This year’s entry into the Literary Arts series is speculative fiction giant Ursula K. Le Guin. Here’s everything we know about
From the Pinch of Magic series , Vol. 1 by Michelle Harrison ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 4, 2020 When an ancient curse threatens her life and the lives of her sisters, Betty Widdershins seeks a way to break it. Adventurous, 13-year-old Betty and her two sisters—Fliss, elder, and Charlie, younger—all live on the island of
The votes have been cast, and the 2021 CWA Dagger Award Winners have been chosen. These eleven prestigious Daggers are the United Kingdom’s leading literary crime-writing awards. Founded in 1953 by John Creasey, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) aspires to support the crime genre, celebrating crime writers in both fiction and nonfiction. This year, the
Maybe some of you have read a short story on Twitter, seen a video poem on YouTube, or just followed the path of a hypertext story. It may surprise you, but all those things I just mentioned, and more, are considered literature. Digital literature, to be precise. Digital literature, or electronic literature, has been an
by Ibram X. Kendi ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 13, 2019 Title notwithstanding, this latest from the National Book Award–winning author is no guidebook to getting woke. In fact, the word “woke” appears nowhere within its pages. Rather, it is a combination memoir and extension of Atlantic columnist Kendi’s towering Stamped From the Beginning (2016) that
Streaming platform Peacock announced a reality dating series inspired by Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Variety reported that “Pride and Prejudice: An Experiment in Romance” will transport its heroine, court, and suitors to a castle in the countryside in a Regency-style England. According to Peacock’s Twitter announcement, the “as-yet-unknown heroine” will choose her suitor
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by Glennon Doyle ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2020 More life reflections from the bestselling author on themes of societal captivity and the catharsis of personal freedom. In her third book, Doyle (Love Warrior, 2016, etc.) begins with a life-changing event. “Four years ago,” she writes, “married to the father of my three children, I
Amid a state-wide energy disaster and a country-wide call for challenging Critical Race Theory — an academic framework examining the ways race has been embedded systemically throughout all aspects of American history — Texas’s Governor Abbott (R.) canceled a book event which explores the racial history of The Battle of the Alamo. The Bob Bullock
Meeting your doppelgänger would be disconcerting enough. Imagine if the dopperlgänger took one look at you and decided to kill you! This is a surprisingly common dilemma in the superhero community. Well, maybe it’s not so surprising after all. With cloning, shapeshifters, magic, parallel earths, and strange dimensions all a fact of life in the
by Jimmy Fallon ; illustrated by Miguel Ordóñez ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 9, 2015 A succession of animal dads do their best to teach their young to say “Dada” in this picture-book vehicle for Fallon. A grumpy bull says, “DADA!”; his calf moos back. A sad-looking ram insists, “DADA!”; his lamb baas back. A duck,
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Summer is here, and with kids out of school, it’s the perfect time to find new books to read. Several of these July children’s book releases continue series, though the books can also be read as standalones. Several in all age categories depict science-loving children, while more than one has themes of celebrating nature and