Supper Time! A Delicious “How To Eat a Book” Trailer Reveal and Interview
My executive decision today was to kick us all off with a bang. And what could be bangier than books that eat children/children that eat books? That’s literary consumption in the purest sense of the...
View ArticleTyler Merritt: The Summer That Changed My Life
Actor and activist Tyler Merritt has been known over the years for a number of things. He’s in shows like “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Outer Banks”. He’s created viral videos like “Before You...
View ArticleThere’s a Party. It’s in Kansas City. And You’re All Invited.
Before I tell you anything, I have a video you need to watch. Don’t worry. It’s quick. Made it myself. Check it out: Right. So, if you’re in a space where you are unable to see this video (90% of my...
View ArticleBook Trailer Premiere: The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker
Now that the latest American Library Association Annual Conference has come to a close, I am so pleased to bring to you something that has had me buzzing for quite a while. Many of you are well and...
View ArticleAnd Now, This Is What Happens When You Read Too Many Picture Books in a...
Alternate Title: This Is What Happens When You Give a Librarian Access to Tiktok; Okay. So yesterday I got a little silly. I took all the 2023 children’s book titles that sounded similar to me and I...
View ArticleHey There, Lonely Bird: A Book Trailer Reveal
I don’t know that I’ve ever described a book trailer on this site as “oddly ethereal” but I can think of no better phrase to describe the video you’re about to see today. Today it is my very great...
View ArticleOutreach, Innovation, and Interviews! Meet Wimee in All His Myriad Forms
My 9-year-old son likes to ask me tough questions. “If you could be rich and famous for something stupid or do something amazing and smart but never be remembered for it, which would you want?” Or...
View ArticleDelving Deep Into Different Kinds of Minds: An Interview with Dr. Temple Grandin
About a year ago or so the New Yorker ran an article called How We Should Think About Our Different Styles of Thinking? Subtitle: “Some people say their thought takes place in images, some in words....
View ArticleThe Belle of the Bologna Book Festival A Conversation With Beatrice Alemagna
Hooray! Folks, when you have a chance to interview an absolute legend in the field, you take that chance and you run with it. Today’s legend in question: none other than the illustrious Beatrice...
View ArticlePress Release Fun: Get Ready for the 13th Annual 90-Second Newbery Film...
It’s that time of year again—time for the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival! It’s an annual video contest founded by James Kennedy (author of the YA fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish and some books for...
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