Tag: Picture Books

NCTE 2024 Conference Resource Center

We’re so excited to see our educator friends November 21 to 24 in Boston, MA!

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What’s inside our NCTE and ALAN Workshop Resource Center:
  • Make the most of your NCTE and ALAN Workshop experience + meet your favorite authors & illustrators!
    Check our NCTE and ALAN Workshop schedule for a full list of in-person author programs and book signings.
  • We’ve collected our digital resources for you in this handy resource center!
    Download our digital catalogs and request digital review copies!
  • Not attending NCTE?
    You can still download digital resources, request review copies, and more!
Visit the NCTE Resource Center here →

Activity Kit: How to Pee Your Pants: The Right Way by Rachel Michelle Wilson

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How to Pee Your Pants: The Right Way by Rachel Michelle Wilson
Ages 3 to 5

Don’t miss this humorous and heartwarming picture book by debut creator Rachel Michelle Wilson about that embarrassing moment in life when you (gasp) pee your pants.

Well, it happened. You peed your pants.

You probably regret that second (okay, third) lemonade.

We’ve all been there.

This book has some tips to get you through it (including but not limited to traffic cone pants, extraterrestrial negotiations, food fights, and other very practical techniques).

With her playful retro palette, debut author-illustrator Rachel Michelle Wilson offers a space to laugh with yourself through one of life’s most embarrassing moments and remember that you’re never as alone as you think.

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Download an activity kit for How to Pee Your Pants!

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Watch our Winter 2025 School & Library Virtual Preview!

Watch our MacKids School & Library Winter 2025 Preview Event where we previewed upcoming picture books, middle grade, and young adult titles! You’ll hear from talented creators, including Cindy Derby (Wheetle), Guojing (Oasis), and Jess Callans (Ollie in Between)! Plus, civil rights author-activists Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long are in conversation discussing their young adult adaptation of King: A Life by Jonathan Eig. 

Stay tuned to hear from our live special guest, New York Times bestselling and Michael L. Printz award-winning author, Libba Bray! Libba is in conversation talking about Under the Same Stars, her newest young adult novel that interweaves magical realism and romance across timelines to unravel a mystery that culminates into cinematic and earth-shattering revelations.

Timestamps:
3:20 – Michael G. Long and Yohuru Williams in conversation King: A Life (Young Adult Edition)
14:48 – Picture Books
25:10 – Cindy Derby Wheetle
27:10 – Middle Grade
32:13 – Guojing Oasis
38:37 – Jess Callans Ollie in Between
42:20 – Young Adult
49:38 – Libba Bray in conversation Under the Same Stars

Celebrating Indigenous Voices for National Native American Heritage Month

Celebrating Indigenous Voices for National Native American Heritage Month

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Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month in your school or library! Keep reading to find more book recommendations, download resources for your classroom—including a teacher’s guide for Saints of the Household and an activity kit for Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior—and hear from H.E. Edgmon about their debut middle grade novel The Flicker!

Find more books for National Native American Heritage Month here →

Discover Books for National Bullying Prevention Month

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October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Looking for suggestions for titles that encourage kindness, empathy, and understanding in your classroom or library? Read on for a list of titles for every age reader, plus spotlights on Weirdo written by Tony Weaver, Jr. and illustrated by Jes & Cin Wibowo, and Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater.

DISCOVER BOOKS TO SHARE FOR NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH –

Watch our Fall 2024 School & Library Virtual Preview!

Watch our MacKids School & Library Fall 2024 Preview Event where we previewed upcoming picture books, middle grade, and young adult titles! You’ll hear from talented creators, including authors Lydia Corry (Wildflower Emily), Tony Weaver, Jr. (Weirdo), and H.E. Edgmon (The Flicker). 

Debut keynote author J. S. Lemon joined live to talk about her fiercely original middle grade novel, Greta. Also, don’t miss National Book Award finalist and 2022 John Steptoe Award recipient Amber McBride, who joined us to reveal the heartrending inspiration behind her new middle grade novel Onyx & Beyond.

Youtube Link to a captioned video of our Fall 2024 Preview

Timestamps:
3:39 – Q&A with J. S. Lemon and Joy Peskin
15:49 – Picture Books
26:26 – Middle Grade
30:24 – Weirdo, Tony Weaver
33:04  – The Flicker, H.E. Edgmon
35:45  – Wildflower Emily, Lydia Corry
40:28 – Young Adult
50:33 – Q&A with Amber McBride and Liz Szabla