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 Hello, hello! I've been away, finishing a book (The Night War, release date April 9, 2024), galivanting with friends, and then being si...

 Monday was my red-letter day of spring. Monday the swallows returned. There are two species of swallows that summer on our farm: pearly whi...

On Monday morning the Newbery award went to Freewater , a debut novel by Amina Luqman-Dawson. I'd bought the book last summer, but I did...

 Today is the Oscars, the Tonys, and the Grammys of KidLit--American Library Association's Youth Media Awards. The Newbery and Caldecott...

 Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of my fifth concussion, the big one--well, okay, the biggest one. I suppose any time you're transport...

 It's an odd day, isn't it? Around here the schools are closed, and I believe PenguinRandomHouse is shut down, too, for the regular ...

  Hey all-- I think any of you who know me at all know how passionately against book-banning I am. I'm also a huge advocate for diversit...