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FREADOM Town Hall & Rally
If you're in the DC area, check out FREADOM Town Hall & Rally on May 31 at 5:00 PM ET at the MLK Library (and streaming on YouTube @dcpubliclibrary). Speakers include past National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds and Meg Medina (read their recent call to action), "warrior librarian" Tracie D. Hall,...
Past National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature speak out
Social-media-savvy Cindy saw this fantastic message pop up earlier today, first on Katherine Paterson's Facebook page, then Kate DiCamillo's, Meg Medina's, and on. All past, living (RIP Walter Dean Myers 2012–2013) National Ambassadors for Young People’s Literature have signed and released this letter in support of the recently dismissed Dr....
Finding Hope in the Abyss — The Zena Sutherland Lecture
Meg Medina holds office hours as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Photo courtesy of Meg Medina. I have been dedicated to writing for children since about 2006, when I began drafting my first middle-grade novel, Milagros: Girl from Away, which was ultimately published by Henry Holt Books for...
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Review of No More Señora Mimí
No More Señora Mimí by Meg Medina; illus. by Brittany CicchesePreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp.9/24 9781536219449 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536240450 $17.99Spanish ed. 9781536239294 $17.99Ana spends mornings and afternoons with señora Mimí, her neighbor and babysitter who has “a two-tooth baby named Nelson and a no-tooth dog named Pancho.” She is excited...
We Need Diverse Books: A Decade in Action
It all started on Twitter. In April 2014, the fan convention BookCon announced a lineup of authors for a “blockbuster” panel — a panel that consisted of four white men. Frustrated by this news, authors Ellen Oh and Malinda Lo discussed the lack of representation across the children’s publishing industry...
Review of Merci Suárez Plays It Cool
Merci Suárez Plays It Cool by Meg Medina Middle School Candlewick 346 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5362-1946-3 $18.99 The final installment of the trilogy (beginning with Merci Suárez Changes Gears, rev. 9/18) opens at the start of eighth grade, with Merci disappointed not to be assigned any classes with her close...
After the Call: A Literary Life
When I won the Newbery Medal for Merci Suárez Changes Gears in 2019, I stepped — starstruck and trembling — into a hundred-year history that included many of the books that had helped me grow up. The seal is our community’s highest honor, one that feels unreal, that boosts your...
HBTV: Pura Belpré Award Videos
Welcome to HBTV, our exciting new (occasional) children's book-related TV show! In the inaugural episode of HBTV, I talk about the Pura Belpré Awards, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, with Belpré Award winner Meg Medina and award co-founder Sandra Ríos Balderrama. My Belpré conversation continues in...
Review of Merci Suárez Can’t Dance
Merci Suárez Can’t Dance by Meg Medina Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 384 pp. g 4/21 978-0-7636-9050-2 $17.99 Merci navigates the troubles of home and seventh grade — and the gap between the two — with her irresistible combination of spirit and heart in this follow-up to the Newbery-winning Merci Suárez...
What the Pura Belpré Award Means to Me
I was digging into a plate of masitas de puerco at a Cuban restaurant on 46th Street in Manhattan a couple of years ago when the doors opened and in walked Minnie and Mickey Mouse. Nothing is ever really surprising in New York, so I assumed they were on a...
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