The Final Breakfast: Sophie Blackall on Farmhouse
JULES hosts her final Seven Impossible Things breakfast, with author SOPHIE BLACKALL who tells of a 'falling-down house'…
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The Hard Road to Compassion and Inclusion in an Alien World
JULES spotlights two important new books for young readers: SANCTUARY: KIP TIERNAN AND ROSIE'S PLACE, THE NATION'S FIRST…
This Very Tree, The Survivor Tree & A Hundred Thousand Welcomes
On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America, our acclaimed kids' lit blogger, JULES, finds fresh…
For the Lost Children of Chile
NIÑOS: POEMS FOR THE LOST CHILDREN OF CHILE offers 'a powerful reflection on political violence in the lives…
Abundant Love Before Breakfast
JANE PORTER's THE BOY WHO LOVED EVERYONE, illustrated by MAISIE PARADISE SHEARRING, offers valuable lessons to teach children…
Juliet Menéndez’s Latinitas
In LATINITAS: CELEBRATING 40 BIG DREAMERS, author/illustrator JULIET MENÉNDEZ profiles women from all over Latin America and the…
Shirley Chisholm: ‘Always a Doer’
In SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IS A VERB! author VERONICA CHAMBERS and illustrator RACHELLE BAKER remember the first black woman…
The Bookman in Zoomland
JULES welcomes a guest post by DEAN SCHNEIDER, a veteran teacher at Nashville, TN's Ensworth School. Herein Mr.…
In The Woods, In the Illustrator’s Eyes
IN THE WOODS, DAVID ELLIOTT's poetry collection that explores 15 creatures in their woodland habitats, is beautifully illustrated…
Beth Waters Uncovers ‘A Lost Way of Life’
BETH WATERS's CHILD OF ST. KILDA is the product of two years of research into "a lost way…