This week, I had the chance to present at the Wisconsin State Reading Association conference. I shared during 5 of the 6 breakout...

ABOUT OUR BOOK CLUB Y'all, it's no secret that I love the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club. If you've never participated, these...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE I started The Reader's Heart as a way to share the magic of children's literature at a time when it feels like so many...

In a lot of ways, I am nothing like Olive Cobin-Zang, the Chinese-American protagonist of Lisa Yee’s and Dan Santat’s new illustrated...

ABOUT THE READER’S HEART Rooted in the belief that our world needs the magic of children’s literature now more than ever, the Reader’s...

"Picture books are art objects... books in which images and ideas join to form a unique whole.” - Dr. Charlotte Huck I hope it goes...

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...