This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Craig Kofi Farmer, author of Kwame Crashes the Underworld, a stunning middle grade fantasy novel about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help his grandmother save humanity!
MacKids Spotlight
MacKids Spotlight: Allen R. Wells
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Allen R. Wells, author of It’s Pride, Baby!, a joyful picture book debut encouraging kids to take pride in themselves and know they are loved no matter what.
Read More »Celebrate National Library Week!
National Library Week 2024 is Sunday, April 7th through Saturday, April 13th! Celebrate the power of librarians with The Brilliant Ms. Bangle author Cara Devins, and incredible books starring libraries and librarians!
Read More »MacKids Spotlight: Adam Pottle and Ziyue Chen
This month’s Creator Spotlight highlights Adam Pottle and Ziyue Chen, author and illustrator of Butterfly on the Wind, a magical picture book about a Deaf girl who creates a butterfly with Sign Language and sends it on a journey around the world.
Read More »MacKids Spotlight: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights New York Times bestselling author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé as she discusses Where Sleeping Girls Lie, her latest YA contemporary mystery about a girl new to a boarding school who discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.
Read More »MacKids Spotlight: DeAnn Wiley
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights DeAnn Wiley, the author of Homegrown, a touching and stunningly illustrated ode to the homes—and loved ones—that raise us.
Read More »How This Book Was Made: Jumper by Jessica Lanan
Go behind the scenes of Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan. Read on for an interview with Jessica, Emily Feinberg, Executive Editor at Roaring Brook Press, and Mike Burroughs, Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group to learn more about how this book was made, preview interior art, and jaw dropping 3D models.
Read More »MacKids Spotlight: Ekua Holmes
For Black History Month, we are interviewing Ekua Holmes, illustrator of Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, a picture book autobiography celebrating the life of the extraordinary civil and human rights activist Coretta Scott King.
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MacKids Spotlight: Allie Millington
MacKids Spotlight: Allie Millington
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Allie Millington, the author of Olivetti, a heartfelt debut middle-grade novel told from the unique vantage points of an introverted boy and his missing mother’s cherished typewriter. It’s also already received two starred reviews this year!
Read More »MacKids Spotlight: Mitali Perkins
MacKids Spotlight: Mitali Perkins
This month’s Author Spotlight highlights Mitali Perkins, the author of Hope in the Valley, a middle-grade novel exploring grief, friendship, family, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis. It’s also received five starred reviews this year!
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