According to the Women’s Prize for Fiction website, this year’s shortlist incorporates a range of themes including belonging and identity; the power of nature; the burden of history; personal freedom; sisterhood; mental illness; ghosts; gender violence; and the opportunity for… Continue Reading
Dav Pilkey is a god among the pre-teen, middle grade reader set and it seems that he is just getting started. From the zany adventures of Captain Underpants to the emotionally complex Dog Man series (Mothering Heights has brought a… Continue Reading
Jerry Craft’s graphic novel New Kid about racial identity recently won the John Newbery Medal, the first graphic novel to win the prestigious award. It was also the winner of the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature and is a New… Continue Reading
