WNDB Diversity Organization Announces New Initiatives
A week after announcing an award for published authors and a grants program for emerging voices, named after the late Walter Dean Myers, We…
Diversity
Will a Lack of Diversity Cripple the Children’s Book Industry?
Diversity is a huge issue in the publishing industry as a whole. However, the lack of diversity in the children’s book and young adult…
50 Diverse Books from the United Kingdom
It’s no secret that our staff has several anglophiles on board. We don’t just love the U.K. because our book, Bubblegum Princess is set…
Finding Native American Voices in Young Adult Literature
Columbus Day has passed, and this year it was met with a fair amount of defiance via social media. The hashtag #IndigenousPeoplesDay trended on Twitter,…
The Bold New Politics Of Children’s Books
Subjects once considered taboo for people of any age are making their way into books geared toward the youngest readers. In many ways, the…
SLJ Interviews Vince Vawter, Newbery Honor-Winning Author of ‘Paperboy’
Author Vince Vawter already had a 40-year career in newspapers behind him when he wrote Paperboy (Delacorte, 2013), his Newbery Honor-winning book about a…
Back to School Reading List
The Book App Alliance — a group of leading kid lit authors creating book apps for children — informs parents and teachers about apps…