

In the School Library Journal of Marilyn Singer's MISS MUFFET, OR WHAT CAME AFTER, “compelling”
Is it a fractured fairy tale? A screenplay? A muscial? A read-aloud? Poetry? Yes, MISS MUFFET, OR WHAT CAME AFTER (Clarion/Houghton...


FREEDOM OVER ME: ELEVEN SLAVES, THEIR LIVES AND DREAMS BROUGHT TO LIFE BY ASHLEY BRYAN gets a starre
"A must purchase for all collections" is how School Library Journal ends its September 2016 starred review of FREEDOM OVER ME: ELEVEN...


Eloise Greenfield's CHILDTIMES: A THREE-GENERATION MEMOIR is scheduled to be displayed at the Na
It gives us great pleasure to announce that the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the new branch of the...


Marilyn Singer's WHAT'S A BANANA? and WHAT'S AN APPLE? reviewed in School Library Journa
"Quick but savory fare, both sonic and visual, for pre- or newly independent readers," proclaims the Kirkus review of WHAT'S A BANANA?...


Jan Spivey Gilchrist is honored with a 2016 Women That Soar Award!
Coretta Scott King Award winner Jan Spivey Gilchrist can now add one more award to her already long list. In November 2016, she will be...


Marilyn Singer to be interviewed on “Worlds Awaiting,” BYU’s Radio’s Children’s Lit Show on July 9,
Marilyn Singer, author of the popular Reverso Poems books, MIRROR MIRROR, FOLLOW FOLLOW and ECHO ECHO (Penguin), is being interviewed by...


Lesson Plans for Jan Spivey Gilchrist's OBAMA: THE DAY THE WORLD DANCED
Here's another lesson plan we brought back from the American Library Association Conference in Orlando: this one for OBAMA: THE DAY THE...


Lesson Plans for Jan Spivey Gilchrist's THE GIRL WHO BURIED HER DREAMS IN A CAN by Tererai Trent
Look what we brought back from the American Library Association Conference in Orlando: lesson plans for THE GIRL WHO BURIED HER DREAMS IN...


Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Emily Arnold McCully, Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome and George Shanno
The Children's Book Council and National Council for the Social Studies just recently announced the 2016 CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies...


Marilyn Singer's ECHO ECHO reviewed in Booklist
We're sure you don't need another review to learn how awesome ECHO ECHO: REVERSO POEMS ABOUT GREEK MYTHS (Dial/Penguin), by Marilyn...