Dadaji’s Paintbrush: A Thing of Beauty
In which JULES hails ‘Dadaji’s Paintbrush,’ an open-hearted and tender intergenerational story of a boy and his grandfather…
Tag: Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Graffiti, Hip-Hop & Misfit-ness
In praise of graffiti-inspired illustrator THEODORE TAYLOR III, in his own book, OFF THE WALL, and in WHEN…
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'…
Me and the Boss
MICHELLE EDWARDS's ME AND THE BOSS is subtitlted "A Story About Mending and Love." For young readers, it's…
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…