While We Wait by Bee Johnson – Book Recommendation While We Wait by Bee Johnson  (9781250901231) The sisters from What Can a Mess Make head out with their mother to run errands around town in this jaunty sequel. After finding their missing bag and gathering their phone, the three head out to the…

Inside the trauma no one is talking about in America

Out of all the hundreds of Beatrix Potter's illustrations, I think this one, from 'The Tailor Of Gloucester', is probably my favourite. It's just exquisite. #BookWormSat #BeatrixPotter

Wake Your Friday Brain Cells – Oct 3 Edition CHILDREN'S LIT 10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October That Celebrate All Types of Emotions - Lit Hub 52 Great Books for Toddlers - New York Times ‘Proclaim the Power of the Picture Book!’: Highlights from the 2025 Carle Honors - Publishers Weekly…

2 Joy-filled New Graphic Novels for Kids Cabin Head and Tree Head by Scott Campbell (9781774885055) Enter the weird and wonderful world of the Head friends in this graphic novel for elementary-age readers. Cabin Head and Tree Head are good friends and spend a lot of time together. They spend one…

18 Outstanding October Books to Wake Your Brain Cells PICTURE BOOKS And They Walk On by Kevin Maillard, illustrated by Rafael Lopez Balloon by Bruce Handy, illustrated by Julie Kwon Don't Eat Eustace by Lian Cho Moon Song by Michaela Goade Nunu and the Sea by Isabella Kung This Is Orange by Rachel…

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2025 Winners The 2025 winners of the Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards have been announced. Two of the categories are specifically focused on the best Australian writing for youth. Here are the winners in those categories, both of which are available in…

Cat Nap by Brian Lies – Book Recommendation Cat Nap by Brian Lies (9780062671288) This picture book is pure visual joy. A cat naps in the warm afternoon sun. Awoken by a mouse, the kitten follows the mouse into a poster about Egyptian Antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first place…

3 Superb Snowy New Picture Books A Snow Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead (9781250324733) Amos McGee loves the snow, but all he has gotten so far is rain and wind. Then finally there is news that the first snow of the year is on its way. Happily, he has just…

UK's Labour Party abandoned transgender people. The gambit to pursue rightwing voters by abandoning a targeted minority failed, and now they're facing the prospect of a historic loss. US Dems could learn a lot from their failure. Great piece from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Wake Your Friday Brain Cells – Sept 26 Edition BOOK AWARDS Meet the winners of the 2025 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes - Vancouver Sun Winners of SWCC Book Awards for science writing announced - Quill & Quire CHILDREN'S BOOKS The 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years - Slate How a secret…

2 New Awesome Early Readers – Book Recommendations I Like Cheese! By Salina Yoon (9781547612420) The first in a new graphic novel easy reader series, this book explores the friendship of Kat and Mouse. The two meet each day for lunch together. Kat is always inventing new sandwiches and explaining…

The witch walking is a witch having a conversation with the land. A chart of the paths she takes is telling of genii locorum, places where the ghost soil speaks loudest. Her feet scuff up stories, her feet scuff up spirits. Each navigation is sorcery. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

Family Feast! by Carole Boston Weatherford – Book Recommendation Family Feast! By Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison (9780593898291) Big Ma and Pops start bright and early preparing for the family to visit. They peel fruit for pie and get the fish ready to fry. As people…

I want library leaders who can conceive of resistance, who can imagine different futures, not who say "welp, this is the world, guess we have no choice" at every single turn of politics or technology.

First Nation Communities READ Shortlist Announced The shortlists for the 2025-2026 First Nation Communities READ have been announced. The awards are given for the best Indigenous literature from Canada and voted on by First Nation librarians from Ontario. The awards will be given during First…

2 New Picture Books Full of Child Power – Book Recommendations Little Rebels by Yuyi Morales (9780823447541) Welcome to the world of little rebels. You can be one too! Little rebels are looking for stories. They make poetry. They are dreamers and while rebellious they make sure to take care of…

The FCC once enforced the "fairness doctrine," requiring broadcasters to air both sides of an issue. Now, the FCC enforces an unfairness doctrine, threatening broadcasters that air views critical of Trump or his MAGA right.

Yeah this. We know people only care when it’s a white dude and it’s fucking exhausting.

Wake Your Friday Brain Cells – Sept 19 Edition BOOK AWARDS 2025 Washington State Book Awards Winners Announced - Seattle Mag Victoria Book Prizes announce nominees, new category for 2025 awards - Times Colonist CHILDREN'S BOOKS 15 Picture Books That Celebrate Hispanic & Latine Heritage - Brightly…

The Monster in the Lake by Leo Timmers – Book Recommendation The Monster in the Lake by Leo Timmers (9798765670507) When one of the ducks wants to go to the lake, Eric asks about the monster that lives there. The other ducks assure him that that’s just a story and there are only fish and frogs in…

“I don’t care if they ban porn. I don’t watch porn.” They’re not interested in banning porn. They’re interested in banning PEOPLE, from existing.

If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall – Book Recommendation If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall (9780316581721) A merry look at two children playing together where one decides that they should be dogs. They will be the big dog and the other the little dog. They can wag tails, drink from water bowls,…

What if someone sent you three chickens? What if they actually sent you 30 chickens, because they did it ten days in a row? Anyway, this is a book about the guy they wrote that song about. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I have no idea what the presenters concluded - the slides show a few pro/con lists but no final wrapping up information. All I know is that every time we adopt new technology to help us do our job "faster" or with "fewer FTE," the end result is, inevitably, fewer FTE and more work. We always lose.

The House That Floated by Guojing – Book Recommendation The House That Floated by Guojing (9780593709054) In a tiny red house on the edge of a cliff above the sea lives a little family. They spend their days fishing and rescuing dolphins from nets at sea and then carving fish figures at home. When…

I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin – Book Recommendation I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin (9781536215533) This incredible sequel to The Genius Under the Table continues Yelchin’s biographical story in graphic format. Yevgeny is living in Leningrad with…

Librarians in Britain are scary eh? #GBBO

The fact that reading a book can change the way you see yourself and everything else forever is insane.

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Wake Your Friday Brain Cells – Sept 12 Edition CHILDREN'S BOOKS Check Out These Lovely Children’s Books by Palestinian Creators - Book Riot Children’s literature professor fired by Texas university over ‘gender’ content - The Guardian Donald Trump accuses Australian author Scott Stuart’s…

The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell – Book Recommendation The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell (9780593809907) Return to the world of Impossible Creatures with this second book in the series. Christopher is delighted to be called back to help the Archipelago again, this time to save the…

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Introducing AI Watchdog—The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the data sets used by the world’s most powerful tech companies to train their AI models. Search the data sets now: https://theatln.tc/0rT2FBnR

September/October 2025 Kids Indie List This bi-monthly list features the top picks from independent booksellers across the country of books for children and teens releasing these months. Here are the selected books: #1 PICK Whodonut?: A Holiday Mystery by Josh Funk, illustrated by Brendan Kearney…

Seven Ways Through the Woods by Jenn Reese – Book Recommendation Seven Ways Through the Woods by Jenn Reese, illustrated by Devin Elle Kurtz (9780063356269) When you come to a dark forest, you have several ways to enter it. First, you can simply follow the path where others have walked before you.…

Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert has proposed cutting close to $4.5 million from libraries over the next two years, a mere 0.02% of the general budget, but a devastating blow to the Dallas Public Library system.

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Mikey Please from The Cave Downwind of The Café, follow-up to The Café at the Edge of the Woods, winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book prize. This picturebook tells us what ogres like to eat. Harper Collins 11 Sept. @harpercollins.bsky.social @mikeyplease.bsky.social

National Book award Young People’s Literature Longlist The longlist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature has been announced. Here are the ten books that made the list: A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K.…

The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle by Sy Montgomery – Book Recommendation The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle by Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Matt Patterson (9780063325166) This nonfiction picture book shares the story of Fire Chief, a common snapping turtle. This turtle is currently over 60…

Let’s Get Together by Brandy Colbert – Book Recommendation Let’s Get Together by Brandy Colbert (9780063092488) A modern retelling of The Parent Trap, this version focuses on identical twins who meet one another at school for the first time. Kenya has been raised by her father and grandmother. She…

Wake Your Friday Brain Cells – Sept 5 Edition CHILDREN'S BOOKS Eyes Up: A Pocket Bear Interview with Katherine Applegate - Fuse 8 Magic Tree House Author Spotlight: Mary Pope Osborne plus bonus interview with graphic illustrator Jomike Tejido - From the Mixed Up Files A Picture Is Worth 1000…

2025 Dragon Awards Winners The Dragon Awards were presented at Dragon Con with categories that span fantasy and science fiction from novels to graphic novels to TV and movies. One of the categories focuses on YA and middle grade. Here is the winner and finalists in that category: WINNER Sunrise on…

World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue by Elizabeth Brown – Book Recommendation The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue by Elizabeth Brown, illustrated by Melissa Castrillón (9781452170985) This is the true story of Aristides de Sousa…

Readings Prize Shortlists The shortlists for the Readings prizes for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The Australian awards are given for the best new contribution from an emerging author. Winners will be announced on November 14. Here are the two shortlists: CHILDREN'S PRIZE…

Dear Acorn (Love, Oak) by Joyce Sidman – Book Recommendation Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Melissa Sweet (9780358334767) An award-winning children’s poet collaborates with an award-winning illustrator in this book of nature poetry for children.…

28 Superb September Titles Coming This Month PICTURE BOOKS 13th Day of Christmas by Adam Rex Across the Ice: How We Saved the Ojibwe Horse by Darcy Whitecrow and Heather M. O'Connor, illustrated by Natasha Donovan Cat Nap by Brian Lies Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends by Joyce…

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

So many YA romances right now - and not just romantasy - hinge on the female love interest infiltrating the oppressor class with the goal of taking them down then immediately falling in love with a privileged boy. The resolution is her having to choose what life she wants (she always picks him).

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