A new picture book biography of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, whose enormous book collection formed the basis of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, is an artistic and literary achievement.

Happy Thanksgiving! It's technically still NaNoWriMo, but feel free to take a break, watch a parade, have some turkey, and read some Dave Barry. NaNoWriMo will be there when you're done.

It’s usually children who get permission to color and play, but at Bordeaux Branch Library's weekly coloring night, it’s all about the adults, and they keep coming back.

Poetry can be just as beneficial as fiction/nonfiction books when it comes to learning how to read. Check out this series to start exploring poetry with your child!

If you’ve ever read an article about comic books, there’s a good chance the author included the words “biff”, “pow”, or “zap” in either the headline or the lede. 

Welcome to Part #2 of my NaNoWriMo series. We are now nine days into NaNoWriMo, and at roughly 2,000 words a day, you should have written about 18,000 words. Are you keeping pace? Need help?

Commonwealth tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives.

Sit back and enjoy the porcine literature! This blog post, filled cheek-to-jowl with books about pigs, will make you squeal with joy!

As the days get shorter and Halloween is not too distant in the past, let us preview some manga tales of the supernatural. One of these manga is an all-time classic, the other is still publishing! Join us as we journey into the unknown world of monsters and spirits!

Just when you're sitting around wondering if you have an impact on children's literacy and educational development, this kind of wonderful thing happens.