In the past few years, Indonesian-born author/illustrator Innosanto Nagara has distinguished himself with multiple picture books on youth and activism for ever-older readers, all published by progressive small press Triangle Square, the children’s imprint of Seven Stories Press. His first…
Seven-year-old Sunflower is the daughter of an artist forcibly relocated from the city to the countryside during China’s cultural revolution. By day, he works in the “Cadre School,” leaving the young child to explore the river and nearby village of…
Despite the supposedly ground-breaking nature of literary fiction, genre fiction – mysteries, thrillers, and science fiction – have often become the place where hard-hitting themes of social injustice and environmental degradation find their strongest expression. While race relations and police…
Edited & compiled by Philip Cushway & Michael Warr, photographer, Victoria Smith This incredible collection of poems, personal essays, and photos celebrate contemporary Black poets. The book’s dedication reads: To all those who have died because of the color of…
PRINCESS SOPHIE AND THE SIX SWANS A fable from the Brothers Grimm, retold and illustrated by Kim Jacobs, is a tale about loyalty and perseverance, an old tale retold with simplicity and beauty. Illustrations are a gentle sweep of color…
In eras of censorship children’s stories, written as fables and often featuring animals, have offered messages of resistance and a set of alternative values – ones of justice, equality, freedom and inclusion. Whether these picture book fables will soon challenge…
Seventeen-year-old Francisco Quispe loves soccer, but even though he’s smart, he doesn’t expect much of a future in school because of his Aymara heritage and appearance. Along with his friend Reynaldo, he dreams of selling knockoff soccer shirts and equipment…
Josanne LaValley’s debut novel, The Vine Basket, portrayed village life in the Uyghur homeland of East Turkestan through the eyes of a 14-year-old girl who dreams of carrying on her grandfather’s art of basket weaving. Written for older middle grade…
Callie and Tess da Silva—sisters living with their single mother—were always close. Tess was the sweet, sensitive one while Callie was the smart one destined to escape their dead-end town of Portuguese, Italian, and Puerto Rican migrants to coastal Massachusetts.…
Guest post by Padma Venkatraman BOYS WITHOUT NAMES By Kashmira Sheth My copy of BOYS WITHOUT NAMES by Kashmira Sheth carried a quote from Jacqueline Woodson that said it was one of the best books she “read this year.”…
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