Middle schooler Joe Oak has a list of things he wishes he didn’t have to know. For example, he knows how much his grandmum makes cleaning...

When I was a kid, my mom was obsessed with the movie Somewhere In Time - a time travel infused romance starring Christopher Reeve and...

Note: I've updated this post to include some bonus content at the bottom. Happy Reading! Jake loves roller skating, Broadway musicals,...

Last week, I shared the first part of my annual list of favorite books of the year. That first list, which is housed at Bookelicous,...

It's that time of year again! That magical season full of literary-awards-and-best-of-2022 lists! For me, this season begins with the...

For awhile now, Darren and I have been plotting an information literacy newsletter to serve as a side door to even more content for our...

Note: this post was cowritten by my friend and cohost of #ReadThisNow: Dr. Brad Gustafson! Big news from the co-hosts of Read This Now!!...

Book challenges are on the rise. ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom, which tracks requests to remove materials from library shelves,...

This year, during the month of June, I decided to share one graphic novel a day (on Instagram and Twitter) that features queer...

This is the final blog posts in a series that will serve as a guide for practicing “disruptive collection development” in the context of...

This is the fourth in a series of five blog posts that will serve as a guide for practicing “disruptive collection development” in the...

This is the third in a series of five blog posts that will serve as a guide for practicing “disruptive collection development” in the...

This is the second in a series of five blog posts that will serve as a guide for practicing “disruptive collection development” in the...

In 2018, Melissa Stewart (author of nearly 200 nonfiction texts for young people) wrote this piece for School Library Journal, detailing...

I hesitate to declare that 2020 has been a good year in any capacity, but it really and truly has been a wonderful year for books! All...

Talking about the books we're reading is a powerful practice...and sharing the characters we love sends positive ripples into the reading...

UPDATE: This post has been updated to include the 2020 "iYMA Awards." --------- In her beautiful, smart and funny book Why You Should...

With a nod to the great Doug Johnson, from time to time, I'll be using this space to revise an old post. Today's BFTP (Blast From The...

Update: Although originally published on 11/1/2015, I've updated this post to refresh some broken links and also to include a few...

I'm finding it very difficult not to think about my mother right now. She died almost four years ago. But when she was alive, we had a...