Betsy Bird

"Why do you keep giving me books with such delectable behinds?" Oh yes. We're clearly having a very serious conversation on the podcast today about the nuclear arms race. You have been warned.

If creepy vibes are what your kid readers are hankering for, then let me introduce to you the star of the season.

Tasmanian tigers, funcles, neurodiversity, and soccer soccer soccer. There's a little something for everyone in today's publisher preview round-up.

The Shadow StreamBy Kirk LombardIllustrated by Parker ThorntonUnruly (an imprint of Enchanted Lion Books)ISBN: 9781592704941$19.99Ages 10 and upOn shelves October 20th There must have been a point at which we all communally decided that talking animals were a kid thing. Oh sure, there’s always the odd exception in the adult book market, your Jonathan Livingston […]

Man, I love my job. Today I get to combine my childhood love of over-muscled action figures with my childhood and adulthood love of newspaper comic artist. I have the power, baby.

A gorgeous array of books from all kinds of different voices. We're pulling out all the stops today for a list you are not going to want to miss this fall.

Piratical process is the name of the game today. Two creators discuss everything from Edward Gorey to Muppet Treasure Island.

By gum, it’s not fall until I SAY it’s fall! And it ain’t fall. Yet. We’re close, though. So close that I think that it would behoove us to take a dip into

Anxious children, kids that feel deeply for animals, and young people who are worried about some big change in their lives will all be able to particularly relate to what Goodbye, Koi is telling them: sometimes, you have to give up what's familiar for a chance to glimpse the sky.

"The story of the brave, clever and loving, common man - the longshoreman shrew, the builder mole. Indeed, I felt as if Brian wanted to celebrate common folk, from the largest to the smallest." Today we celebrate an iconic series.