

Ashley Bryan, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Eloise Greenfield and Marilyn Singer all have books on the "
Charnaie Gordon, wife/mom/computer programmer by day and blogger/influencer by night, recently chose for her "Read Brightly" blog 20...


Marilyn Singer's ECHO ECHO is on NCTE's 2017 Poetry Notables List
The committee for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry has selected 19 books...


What fourth and fifth grade students recently had to say about Skyping with author Dean Pitchford
Recently, Dean Pitchford, author of THE BIG ONE-OH, NICKEL BAY NICK and CAPTAIN NOBODY (all published by Penguin/Putnam), as well as...


See Dean Pitchford talk about NICKEL BAY NICK in this video for Georgia’s largest school district’s
Earlier this month, Dean Pitchford’s NICKEL BAY NICK (Penguin) was included in Georgia’s largest school district’s reading completion...


Marilyn Singer's FEEL THE BEAT unites communities in the Publishers Weekly review
Publishers Weekly feels the celebration in Marilyn Singer’s FEEL THE BEAT: DANCE POEMS THAT ZING FROM SALSA TO SWING: Booklist agrees in...


School Library Journal finds Marilyn Singer's FEEL THE BEAT an absolute delight
That's what the School Library Journal reviewer said in her review of FEEL THE BEAT: DANCE POEMS THAT ZING FROM SALSA TO SWING...


Neal Shusterman, Ashley Bryan and Marilyn Singer all have books on School Library Journal's Best
We were happy to see that books by three authors represented by Balkin Buddies are included in School Library Journal's Best Books 2016....


Marilyn Singer's MISS MUFFET, OR WHAT CAME AFTER gets a great review Kirkus
"Serious fun whether read or performed." That's Kirkus's conclusion in their recent review of MISS MUFFET, OR WHAT CAME AFTER...


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...


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?...