Tag: Kidsbooks

Dismantling Toxic Relationships in Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

0 Comments

Warning: This blog contains spoilers and a discussion of emotionally abusive relationships.  Written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (2019, First

Read Full

Don’t Read the Comments | Eric Smith

0 Comments

Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith Inkyard Press 2020, 361 pages Trigger Warnings: cyber bullying, sexism, racism, allusions to sexual assault, cursing About the Author: Eric Smith is a

Read Full

The Last Life of Prince Alastor | Alexandra Bracken

0 Comments

The Last Life of Prince Alastor by Alexandra Bracken Disney-Hyperion, 2019, 448 pages Trigger Warnings: Moments of violence and spookiness About the Author: Alexandra Bracken, from our very own Arizona,

Read Full

Interview with Isabel Quintero

0 Comments

Isabel Quintero is an award-winning writer and the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She lives and writes in the Inland Empire of Southern California. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces (Cinco Puntos Press), her first

Read Full

From Villain to Anti-Hero | Rebranding President Snow

0 Comments

Warning: spoilers for The Hunger Games series and Star Wars franchise below!  In 2008, Suzanne Collins revitalized the young adult dystopian genre both in print and on the big screen.

Read Full

Lumberjanes | Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters & Grace Ellis

0 Comments

Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters & Grace Ellis Illustrated by Brooke Allen Boom! Studios, 2015, 132 pages About the Authors  Noelle Stevenson is a graduate of the Maryland Institute

Read Full