October is a wide mix of fiction and non-fiction; a year’s worth of reading in a single month! It welcomes back Barbara Binns, Sonia Manzano, Shaun Tan, and Lori Marie Carlson-Hijuelos. Rin Chupeco brings in more horror while Suzanne Park gets us ready for Christmas. Melissa de la Cruz Studio/Disney’s initial release happens this month… Read More October Releases

I’ve been working on a talk for next month and once again pulled out the CCBC diversity stats. This time, I put the numbers into Excel to generate a graph so I could look at changes over the past few years. I wanted to go back far enough to indicate the impact of We Need… Read More Diversity 2014-2021

Title: Boys of the BeastAuthor: Monica ZepedaDate: Tu Books; 2022Main characters: Matt; Ethan; OscarYA Latine/x realistic fiction Monica Zepeda is a Mexican American author and winner of the Tu Books/Lee and Low New Visions Award. She works as a teen services library in Los Angeles County, and she’s also a screenwriter. With her debut novel,… Read More review: Boys of the Beast

24 BIPOC releases on Tuesday 6 Sept!! 6 SeptAbuela, Don’t Forget Me by Rex Ogle. NortonAdrift by Tanya Guerrero. FSGThe Beginnings: 1939 (Exploring Civil Rights) by Jay Leslie. Franklin WattsBlack Panther: Uprising (The Young Prince) by Ronald Smith. Marvel PressDaughters of the Dawn by Sasha Nanua and Serena Nanua. HarperTeeEden’s Everdark by Karen Strong. Simon & SchusterThe Family Izquierdo by Rubén Degaliado. W. W. Norton & CoFilm Makers:… Read More September Releases

Banned Book Week will take place this year 18-24 September. It’s an annual week to celebrate the freedom to read. Being able to go to a bookstore or library and pick up a book that meets our personal expectations is something we all take for granted. We’ve seldom realized how privileged we are in that… Read More Let’s Do Banned Book Week