Here are some of Russell Ginns, author of Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans, favorite puzzling books, and a few clever classics, too.
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Here are five family favorites that stand out the most to Lauren Abbey Greenberg, author of The Battle of Junk Mountain.
A writer of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for audiences of all ages, Sheila is a professor in the MFA program at Hamline University, where she also serves as the fiction editor for Water~Stone Review.
Middle grade is an exciting, creative field of literature. It was hard to pick five favorite books, but this is a narrowed-down list of books Diane Magras reread again and again . . .
The warm, comforting text of This Story Is for You shares the tone of a Ruth Krauss classic and is balanced by Greg’s energetic color palette and signature visual humor.
David Litchfield is the creator of the award-winning The Bear and the Piano and the illustrator of several other books for young readers, including When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel.
Patricia O’Connell Pearson is a former history teacher with a B.A. in history and a master’s degree in education. Her nonfiction for ages ten and up—Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII—was released by Simon and Schuster in February, 2018.
Tara Luebbe | The Children’s Book Review From the time my three sons were babies, I read them picture books at bedtime. Because I owned a children’s toy and book store, my boys were a bit spoiled by having access to so many new titles all the time. Now that I write them, even though I no longer have the store, I am still hauling home a dozen new picture books a week (just from the library instead). My youngest, Nathan, is still in the picture book age group, so I continue to add current books to my family’s list. When…
Veera Hiranandani earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl, which was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asian Book Award Finalist.
Ashley Woodfolk, author of The Beauty That Remains, selected these young adult books.