This week on the Book Faire Podcast we have an interview with @swmessenger.bsky.social #Middlegrade #kidlit #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/0qWN...

This week on the Book Faire Podcast, we have an interview with @alexgino.bsky.social author of Chris Makes a Friend! #podcast #kidlit #middlegrade open.spotify.com/episode/2CPs...

Tennessee had a library board director request names, addresses, number of children, titles checked out, etc of patrons. Board voted to keep the chair in his position in a 7-2 vote. #library #censorship gayety.com/tennessee-li...

We are experiencing a civil war. Not one fought with guns and bullets but one fought with paper in legislatures and courts. The country has fractured into Blue and Red states, where your rights and protections vary widely. We are no longer one country, but two.

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is here, featuring Kate Frick, a digital content librarian for @libbyapp.com representing dozens of schools in California. #podcast #kidlit #libby open.spotify.com/episode/4xW2...

It’s an exciting day! There’s a new episode of Animorphs 55: The Podcast, and we have a special guest! Anthony (@bookfairepod.bsky.social ) joins us to talk Book 11 - The Forgotten! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kXgteXECQhspCKHteZHu7?si=J41fyd3tQOGQ2Dhgf2wAaA

This week on the Book Faire Podcast I sit down to interview @stephlittlebird.bsky.social to discuss her upcoming children's book You Are the Land #kidlit #podcast youtu.be/RoKWav-ULT8

This is one of the most blatent examples of book bans, where an executive order has led to a national park being unable to order a book based. The order in question seeks to remove historical information critical to the United States. #bookbans #freedomtoread www.sfgate.com/national-par...

This week on the Book Faire Podcast we have an interview with author Kathleen Troy, author of the Dylan and Friends Series! #kidlit #podcast #interview youtu.be/CXLQDb7S6YY

This week on the Book Faire Podcast we have an interview with author Kathleen Troy, author of the Dylan and Friends Series! #kidlit #podcast #interview youtu.be/CXLQDb7S6YY

Utah is one of few states where the State's Board of Education is able to set restrictions on titles state-wide. Even Texas and Florida's laws give that power to school boards on a local level. bookriot.com/utah-bans-th...

This week I interviewed author and illustrator Kam Redlawsk. Her debut children's book is likely to be her last due to the loss of the use of her hands due to a rare form of muscular dystrophy. #kidlit #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/3bYi...

Kicking off the holiday season with this week's episode of the Book Faire Podcast, featuring an interview with Mark and Scott Hoying about their new picture book Fa La La Family! #kidlit #picturebook #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/42FH...

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is out now! Featuring an interview with Sandra Magsamen! #Kidlit #podcast #childrensbooks open.spotify.com/episode/64L1...

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is out now, featuring an interview with author and illustrator @christymandin.bsky.social for her new book Millie Fleur Saves the Night! #Kidlit #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/64c1...

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is here, featuring an interview with @alangratz.bsky.social #podcast #Middlegrade #kidlit open.spotify.com/episode/34mQ...

The final mini episode for Banned Books Week is here! What is the most banned book in the United States? Should it be banned? (Spoilers: no) youtu.be/eqP6gydrXpQ?...

Another episode of the Book Faire Podcast is out now, featuring an interview with Phil Proctor and Samuel Joseph, authors of the Magic Maze trilogy. #MGLit #podcast #Kidlit open.spotify.com/episode/56ff...

Today there's a new episode of GEESEBUMPS in the wild! This one is a listener request! We read and chat about CHICKEN, CHICKEN! We are sorry. geesebumps.podbean.com

Melissa by @alexgino.bsky.social is a frequently challenged book in the United States about a nine year old trans girl discovering her gender identity. youtu.be/ItAv_Q0auJM

It is day two of #BannedBooksWeek Here is today's mini episode about The Devil's Arithmetic, why it matters, why it's banned, and why it deserves its place in schools. #Bannedbooks #kidlit @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social youtu.be/4aGWYzwXHbE

This Banned Books Week is a good time to reiterate: This is not a good position to hold. The advice is only going to benefit children with the privilege to purchase books independent of their parents. @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social

For Banned Books Week, I am releasing a series of short bonus episodes covering some of the most banned books in America, starting with the classic, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social #bannedbooks #kidlit #podcast youtu.be/MQpiNgxxFr8

Just in time for banned books week...

I absolutely love interviewing authors, and I take pride in the fact that I am just the right size to be able to still interview independent and self published authors... But if your email proposal for an interview mentions AI, it's going straight into the spam folder.

This week on the Book Faire Podcast, we have an interview with Leokadia George, author of Trumpet the Miracle Wolf Pup! #kidlit #podcast youtu.be/Qbq_l-_77aw

Can I get another America, but without ICE this time?

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is up early on Patreon, featuring an interview with Leokadia George, author of the Trumpet the Miracle Wolf Pup children's book series! Following on Patreon is completely free so you can get early access to new episodes. www.patreon.com/posts/conser...

This week on the Book Faire Podcast we have an interview with @claribelortega.com about her middle grade series Witchlings! #podcast #mglit #kidlit open.spotify.com/episode/4vgP...

My wife and I have started playing this game where whenever one of us gets home from work we have to figure out if one of us has been replaced by a British spy by tricking the other person to identify common items that are called something different in the UK. She busted me calling it a car park.

Never again is now

Concerned Parents of Illinois founder brags about two books being banned and a change in school library policy as a result of her advocacy. The district responds with a simple correction, that the policy has been on the books for years and those titles are on shelves. patch.com/illinois/hin...

Florida Judge drops Donald Trump's $15 Billion lawsuit against Penguin Random House and New York Times. bookriot.com/judge-dismis...

This week on the Book Faire Podcast: An interview with @ryanlasala.bsky.social about his newest book The Dead of Summer #podcast #yaliterature youtu.be/n2LVNbn4jFE

This Banned Books Week, @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and @everylibrary.bsky.social will be trucking out the Banned Wagon in D.C. and Philedelphia! Check them out October 5-11 #bookbans #booknews #bannedbooksweek sites.prh.com/banned-books...

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is here! The main topic this week is representation in media, why it matters, the various forms of good and bad representation, and, as always, a look at notable new releases! open.spotify.com/episode/2udk...

Teachers! Librarians! Writers! Check out educators' favorite ways to increase student access to nonfiction books they'll love. tinyurl.com/ycy4adrp #kidslovenonficiton #kidlit #edusky #TLSky #Skybrarian #SchoolLibraries

Debut author Alexandra Brown Chang and bookstore owner Annabelle Chang, also sisters, discussed their love of YA and new adult fiction, and Alexandra’s debut novel ‘By Invitation Only’

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is available now, featuring an interview with Ruchira Gupta, author of the Freedom Seeker! #Kidlit #MGLit #podcast youtu.be/62tyokKf2es

Libby serves over 22,000 libraries. Here are the 20 ebooks most commonly checked out on the app in August, plus one prediction. #booksky bookriot.com/libbys-20-mo...

If the book is banned in schools, it often faces similar challenges in libraries. At that point, the take that a child should go to a book store instead comes from a point of privilege, and instead we need to fight against censorship at all levels.

What are some ways that you have seen the ways that representation in media matters to young readers? #Kidlit #MGLit

What are some ways that you have seen the ways that representation in media matters to young readers? #Kidlit #MGLit

The school year is just kicking off, and we're back with another episode of the Book Faire Podcast! This week we have an interview with Jennifer Swanson. #Kidlit #MGLit #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1jwY...

Books like the Freedom Seeker are the reason I do this show. Passionate, diverse stories that amplify voices of disenfranchised communities, especially when targeting young audiences. These stories teach empathy and show the beauty of humanity and cultures from around the world. #kidlit #mgfiction

Check out the newest episode of the Book Faire Podcast, featuring an interview with @stevesmusicroom.bsky.social about his interactive and educational children's book Mikey's Place! #Kidlit #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/0SGZ...

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is out now, featuring an interview with Jean Reardon, author of Dad Rock Dragon Quest! #Kidlit #MiddleGrade #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/4UqW...

Listen to the newest episode of the Book Faire Podcast, including an interview with international best selling author J.D. Barker. #kidlit #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1y9r...

Saying that A.I. generated your illustrations for less than a dollar and in under a day for your children's book is not the flext you think it is. #kidlit #childrensbooks

A new episode of the Book Faire Podcast is out now! I almost skipped this week due to insane time crunch with school, but then my wife offered to step up as a guest and helped me to push something out this week! #KidLit #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/3eJD...