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maybe this year a haul-iday?
Chronicle Books, that awesome publisher from San Francisco, is once again having a Happy Haul-idays giveaway, where you pick up to $500 worth of books from them you’d like, blog about them, and then...
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transcending
I downloaded C.J. Omololu’s new book Transcendence because I heard it featured a biracial character and yet (gasp!) was not about being biracial. That turned out to be true, but it also turned out to...
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why i won’t read your self-published book
Guys, I am absolutely flattered when you decide to follow this blog, or when you email me to request that I review your book. It’s awesome. It’s why I blog, sort of. A huge thank you. But lately I’ve...
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buttered up
July Fourth, I spent about eleven hours at the Esplanade, waiting for and then enjoying the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, the rehearsal for which I had been lucky enough to sit in on the evening...
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waiting on standalones
For someone who is getting a degree in the history and critical theory of children’s and YA lit, I am losing a lot of faith in YA. The more popular it gets, the worse it gets, it seems. The market is...
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janie face to face
So, a million years later, the girl who had the face on the milk carton is back. Janie has another story to tell to finish up, called Janie Face to Face. Sadly, though I thought that series was pretty...
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caring is not trying, trying is not succeeding
“Diversity Cupcakes.” I love google. (Photo credit: clevercupcakes) May 16, Charlesbridge, a children’s publisher in Boston, co-hosted a panel, with CBC Diversity, on diversity in children’s literature...
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publishing has learned that judaism is more than the holocaust!
I am no stranger to not finding myself in literature. Probably many of you reading this feel the same. That’s why every year I make resolutions about reading diversely and then fail, because it’s...
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since you asked…
How I imagine this committee’s meetings to look like I don’t hate CBC Diversity. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I have explained this to people in smaller clips, like on Twitter, but given the...
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you’re still just caring and trying
The most popular post I have written on this blog is caring is not trying, trying is not succeeding. I’m so pleased and honored that people think it is a good and important essay and keep sharing it...
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