News

10 books to read if you're not traveling this summer.  From PW.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them will be released November 18, 2016.  From The Wrap.

Seeking an LGBTQ middle grade blockbuster.  From SLJ.

Request to ban Two Boys Kissing from Virginia high school library denied.  From SLJ.

The importance of LGBTQ visibility in children's books.  From The Guardian.

Dav Pilkey talks about books that changed him.  From The Age.

11 thing that will happen when you go on the Harry Potter studio tour as an adult.  From BuzzFeed.

We need diverse children's books, but are we willing to discuss them with our kids?  From SLJ.

What it's like to hand out a banned book on World Book Night in Idaho.  From PW.

Here's the back story on the hold of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.  From SLJ.

John Green one of the 100 most influential people.  From Times Magazine.

What's wrong with poetry books for children - a teacher's lament.  From Education Week.

What will be the next big YA subgenre?  From Bookish.

The career of David Levithan.  From LA Review of Books.

S.E. Hinton on how The Outsiders worked its way into the mainstream.  From Dallas News.