Elizabeth Singer Hunt is the bestselling author of the hugely popular Jack Stalwart series. Her love of adventure and travel is what inspired her to create her globe-trotting children’s book character, nine-year-old Secret Agent Jack Stalwart. More than 1 million books have been sold worldwide and the series has been published in multiple languages.
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David Levithan is the immensely imaginative and talented author of many bestselling novels. When he isn’t writing his amazing books, David works as an Executive Editor at Scholastic. His ingenious new novel “Every Day” has released.
“Dust Girl: The American Fairy Trilogy Book 1” is an engaging, exhausting romp that will leave the reader wanting more.
“The Kill Order,” prequel to James Dashner’s bestselling series “The Maze Runner” trilogy, is here! Dashner talked to us about “The Maze Runner” series and the books and movies that inspire his writing. He is also the author of the 13th Reality series.
Teaching children to be compassionate—to understand someone else’s suffering and to try and alleviate that suffering—is not easy. Here are a few books that can help impart the message that being kind to one another is essential and that the golden rule is paramount.
Of course, every boy isn’t a reluctant reader. A lot of boys love books. All we’re trying to do is get as many as possible to strike their pup-tents in camp #1 and pitch them in Camp #2.
To kick off TCBR’s new column “On the Shelf,” which shines a spotlight on brilliant children’s librarians, April Hayley, MLIS, graciously talked to us about becoming a librarian, among other great topics. Do you think you can guess which is the most checked out children’s book at San Anslemo Public Library in California?
Mirela Roznoveanu is a literary critic, writer, and journalist who has published novels, literary criticism, essays, and poetry. We talked to Roznoveanu about her book Old Romanian Fairytales, in which she has translated the fairytales she loved as a child.
Book Spotlight: The Stone GirlThe Children’s Book Review The Stone Girl Written by Alyssa B. Sheinmel Ages: 12+ | 224 Pages Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers | ISBN-13: 978-0375870804 She feels like a creature out of a fairy tale; a girl who discovers that her bones are really made out of stone, that her
The present book of English translations by Mirela Roznoveanu, titled Old Romanian Fairy Tales, with illustrations by Alexandra Conte captures and conveys great narratives of the Romanian folklore. This is a book for all libraries that carries children’s books with collections of cultural studies, folklore, and cultural anthropology.