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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...
From Trend to Norm: How the Last Twenty Years of the Newbery Can Guide Us
Newbery Award titles are among the more visible of books for young readers. As such, they provide the opportunity to explore in microcosm a potential template that can be applied to the entire arena of books for children and teens. My book A Single Shard won the Newbery Medal in...
Review of The One Thing You'd Save
The One Thing You’d Save by Linda Sue Park; illus. by Robert Sae-Heng Intermediate, Middle School Clarion 72 pp. g 3/21 978-1-328-51513-1 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-52601-8 $9.99 Ms. Chang has asked her students to think about what one thing they would save — beyond their families and pets — if...
A Note from Me (Apr 16, 2021)
Dear friends: The stars are out! That is, we’ve announced which books are getting starred reviews in the upcoming May/June special issue of the Magazine, which itself is going to be a distinguished edition indeed. Make sure you’re subscribed, niños, because I’m afraid we’re going to run out of copies...
Five questions for Linda Sue Park
The One Thing You’d Save (Clarion, 9–13 years) written by Linda Sue Park begins with a teacher’s question: “Imagine that your home is on fire. You’re allowed to save one thing. Your family and pets are safe, so don’t worry about them. Your Most Important Thing. Any size. A grand...
Publishers' Preview: Spring 2020: Five Questions for Linda Sue Park
This interview originally appeared in the March/April 2020 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Spring 2020, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by Prairie Lotus brings...
Review of Prairie Lotus
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park Middle School Clarion 260 pp. g 3/20 978-1-328-78150-5 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-33083-7 $9.99 In 1880, fourteen-year-old Hanna and her father settle in the (fictional) town of LaForge, in Dakota Territory. Papa is white; Hanna’s late mother immigrated from China and had both Chinese and...
Writer vs. Author — The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Linda Sue Park
Photo by Sonya Sones“Writer vs. Author.” This dichotomy is one I deal with on a daily basis, sometimes on a minute-by-minute basis. I grew up in the age before social networking, so typing out words on a keyboard has long been a private activity for me. Even if the finished...
2013 Zena Sutherland Lecturer Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park is delivering the 2013 Zena Sutherland Lecture on May 3rd at the Harold Washington Center, Chicago Public Library. Admission is free but reservations are required; go to zenasutherland.eventbrite.com to sign up. I'll be there and hope you will be too!...
>And as a bonus, I would even shelve books.
>In my next life, I hope to come back as a children's book writer with enough talent and poise to be invited by the wonderful Monika Schröder to visit the American embassy school in New Delhi. Linda Sue Park just got back....
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