Back to School Series
Back-To-School Book Series: Grace Lin's 'Ling and Ting: Together in All Weather'
Author and illustrator Grace Lin of Florence, Massachusetts, is out with the fourth book in her early reader series about Chinese-American twins. "Ling and Ting: Together in All Weather" follows their adventures -- and misadventures -- through the seasons.
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COMMENTARY FROM GRACE LIN: Being ‘Multi-Cultural’ Had Its Complications For Children’s Author/Illustrator
Back-To-School Book Series: Gina Damico's 'Wax'
In Gina Damico's latest book, 16-year-old Poppy Palladino visits a candle factory in Vermont, and stumbles upon a sinister plot by its owners to take over the town. She befriends a young man -- with a rather waxy disposition.
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Back-To-School Book Series: Jane Yolen And Bob Marstall's 'On Bird Hill'
In children's picture books, true collaborations between authors and illustrators are uncommon. But Hatfield, Massachusetts, author Jane Yolen and Easthampton illustrator Bob Marstall are two old friends.
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Back-To-School Book Series: Marie Betts Bartlett's 'Poppy's Purpose'
Children's author and illustrator Marie Betts Bartlett has found a way to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Back-To-School Book Series: Angela DiTerlizzi's 'Some Pets'
The latest pick in our weekly series of interviews with authors of books for kids and tweens.
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Back-To-School Book Series: Aaron Becker's 'Return'
Our pick for this week is the eagerly awaited final installment in Aaron Becker's picture book trilogy.
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Back-To-School Book Series: Micha Archer's 'Daniel Finds A Poem'
Daniel Finds A Poem follows a young boy as he talks to animals in his local park, asking them, "what is poetry?"
Back-To-School Book Series: Jeanne Birdsall's 'My Favorite Pets'
The next pick in our series is a picture book about a boy named Gus, and his 17 sheep, written by an author who is widely known for her young adult novels.
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