Out Of The Box
Last Saturday I spent the morning at the third annual Greater Roxbury Book Fair: "Springing from the Roxbury community's deep connections to books and reading, the fair features local and aspiring authors — and showcases the creativity of the residents of Greater Roxbury." Kicking off the storytime sessions at the library...
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month." Here are some articles, interviews, and booklists by and about Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander Americans to help acknowledge, celebrate, and amplify the voices of children's book creators of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent. Also...
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....
Publishers Weekly has helpful (and hopeful) continuing coverage of the Library of Congress, with this story posted yesterday: "U.S. Executive and Legislative Branches Battle at the LoC." We often talk, somewhat tongue-in-cheekily, about "Librarians with Superpowers," but it's not really a joke: this profession requires smarts, compassion, AND fortitude. For...
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time for "paying tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who helped form the fabric of American history, culture and society." Books for children and teens "that authentically portray the Jewish experience" can be found at the Association of Jewish Libraries' Sydney Taylor Book Awards....
GBH Boston, "the leading multiplatform creator for public media in America" (and, as with all public broadcasting, under grave threat), is known for producing great children's programming, some based on children's books (Curious George, Arthur, Martha Speaks, Pinkalicious, Time Warp Trio). Their latest, lively, book-to-show offering is Acoustic Rooster based on the 2011 picture...
This week on hbook.com... From the May/June 2025 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Perception and Reality: Table of Contents Editorial: Stranger than Fiction by Elissa Gershowitz Family Reading: Teacher Appreciation 2025 Mother's Day 2025 by Elissa Gershowitz Out of the Box: Cinco de Mayo Stories and...
Photo by Shawn Miller, Library of Congress. The best youth services librarians are a special character of human. Warm, smart, creative, curious, patient, constant, strong; shaped by their service to young people, their appreciation for books and reading, the courage of their convictions, and their professional expertise in a challenging...
Photo courtesy of Elissa Gershowitz. On a rainy evening earlier this week, Roger Sutton and Harry Bliss packed the house at Harvard Book Store for a conversation about Bliss's book (for adults) You Can Never Die: A Graphic Memoir. The two first met "at Maurice's farm" in 2014 when Bliss was a Sendak Fellow....
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