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Obituary: Andrea Cheng by Shannon Maughan from Publishers Weekly.
“Children’s book author and educator Andrea Cheng, whose books often focused on intercultural and intergenerational relationships, died on Dec. 26, 2015 following a long illness. She was 58.
Of late I had the honor of joining Daniel José Older and Sabaa Tahir in answering questions on Diversity in YA Fantasy from Maggie Reagan from Booklist. My thoughts included:
I’ve had students ask me, “How do I write this without freaking out the white folks?” And yet authors hold back at the peril of young readers.
Continue Reading Telling Better Stories: Writing Diverse YA Fantasy »
One day, I was at the grocery store with my daughter when I spotted a crazy man in the car beside ours.
Zara was very small, perhaps three years old, she watched while he sat in his car, talking to himself, as I unpacked the groceries.
When I finally sat behind the wheel,
From The Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
The Nonfiction Award Committee announces the selection of noted and prolific author Tonya Bolden as the award’s next recipient. The Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award is presented annually to an author for a body of work that has “contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children.”
By Kate Hosford
Cynthia Levinson’s book Watch Out for Flying Kids! How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community (Peachtree, 2015) is an in-depth look at the world of social circus —a movement that brings kids from different cultures together to perform.
Cynthia follows the story lines of nine kids in two circuses: Circus Harmony in St.
Dana on Writing from the Marrow
Last spring I interviewed Dana Walrath about her debut YA novel Like Water on Stone (Delacorte, 2014), a story of the Armenian genocide told from the perspective of three child survivors and an eagle that observes all.
The comments that I received on my review of this novel revealed that this is still a contested history,
Teen Julie
When I was six years old, my big sister pulled me aside and whispered in my ear.
“I learned a bad word today.”
I asked her, “Is it terrible?”
“It’s awful, horrible.”
I smiled gleefully.
Continue Reading Guest Post & Illustration Giveaway: Julie Chibbaro on Writing in Black & White »
By Jesse Gainer, Director
Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award
The Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, established in 1995, recognizes and honors authors and illustrators who create quality children’s literature that authentically depicts the Mexican American experience in the United States.
We recently celebrated our 20th anniversary and were written up in an article published by NBC Latino.
By Meg Wiviott
History is filled with horrible, frightening events. Still, history needs to be taught. Finding a gentle way to tell a tragic, truthful story is something for which I seem to have a knack.
Kristallnacht, Auschwitz, and death marches are not the usual stuff of books for young readers.
Continue Reading Guest Post & Giveaway: Meg Wiviott on Telling the Toughest Stories & Paper Hearts »
Check out the newly announced cover art for Heather’s Crush Catastrophe (Confidentially Yours, Book 3) by Jo Whittemore (HarperCollins, 2016)!
To celebrate, you can enter to win one of two signed ARCs of Brooke’s Not-So-Perfect Plan (Confidentially Yours, Book 1) and Vanessa’s Fashion Face-Off (Confidentially Yours,
