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Revolutions Are Made of Love: An Interview with Authors Mélina Mangal and Sun Yung Shin

Revolutions are made out of love for people and for place. This was a core belief of activists and married couple James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs. In the new picture book biography, Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs, inspiring poems and bold art introduce young readers to […]Read more

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The Writing Room: An Interview with Author Marcia Argueta Mickelson

The Writing Room is a slice-of-life coming-of-age story that gracefully addresses larger themes of immigration, economic disparity, and familial struggles. Immediately after high school graduation, eighteen-year-old Maya is kicked out of her wealthy dad’s NYC home. She struggles to find her footing until she gets access to a “writing room,” a shared workspace where she […]Read more

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Weed: An Interview with Author Caitlin Donohue

Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas is a wide-reaching and inclusive collection of interviews which will satisfy young adult readers curious in the unique plant’s history and future. Culture writer and journalist Caitlin Donohue joins us today to discuss why a book like this is so important and what she hopes young readers will find […]Read more

Read Woke ™ Books Launches with the Issues in Action Series

By Megan Ciskowski, Associate Publicist In 2017 Cicely Lewis began developing a program called Read Woke that encouraged readers to explore books written by diverse voices and with diverse characters. Since that time the program has taken off and found great success with librarians across the United States. In 2020 Lewis won School Library Journal’s […]Read more

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