For the Discerning & Literary Child
The Rights of a Reader: us parents of pre-readers need to chill already.
17 new authors of color write for kids.
A Mighty Girl's list of books for talking with young children about their bodies and body safety, via my friend Ali.
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier for my five year-old.
Social and emotional learning through literature — booklists from the Bank Street School.
You can't teach kids empathy, but these picture books inspire it.
I love a good post-modern process vs. product show: a new J.K. Rowling exhibit goes behind-the-scenes of the publication of Harry Potter and includes this amazing synopsis, included in her initial query letters. (It's coming to New York in the spring!)
I'm doing a bit of market research on non-fiction historical biographies for kids. Do you have a fave title in this category? Let me know! I'd love to add it to my running list of non-fiction for young readers.
Asides, Ideas, Miscellany
The Beinecke at Yale acquires the Judy Blume archive.
Janet Malcolm on Rachel Maddow.
How to raise a surrealist. Bana al-Abed: From a Syrian war zone to New York City.
Rebecca Solnit's #metoo unearths this Sylvia Plath gem: "I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night." (Plath would have been 85 last week.)
Speaking of gems, Yes, This is a Witch-Hunt from Lindy West.
Michelle Obama selects her official portraitist, Amy Sherald.
Thoughts? Ideas? Recommendations? I love connecting with fellow readers, writers, parents, and humans. Please drop me a line!
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