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Q&A With Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

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By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Lily LaMotte to the WNDB blog to discuss her MG graphic novel Measuring Up, out now! Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in at her new school is to celebrate her grandmother, … [Read more...] about Q&A With Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

The Radical Act of “Normalizing” Black Lives

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By Varian Johnson In a 2020 Horn Book Magazine essay titled, “Our Modern Minstrelsy,” award-winning author Kekla Magoon discusses many of the challenges that Black writers face in the children’s publishing industry, including the expectations in tone, narrative, and purpose for a “Black” book. … [Read more...] about The Radical Act of “Normalizing” Black Lives

Q&A With Mirion Malle, The League of Super Feminists

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By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Mirion Malle to the WNDB blog to discuss her graphic novel The League of Super Feminists, translated by Aleshia Jensen, out October 13, 2020! The League of Super Feminists is an energetic and fierce comic for tweens and younger teens. … [Read more...] about Q&A With Mirion Malle, The League of Super Feminists

Exclusive Excerpt From The Sacrifice of Darkness Graphic Novel

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Today we’re pleased to reveal an exclusive excerpt from graphic novel The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver with art by Rebecca Kirby and James Fenner, which publishes on October 25, 2020. Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby adapt Gay’s New York Times … [Read more...] about Exclusive Excerpt From The Sacrifice of Darkness Graphic Novel

How I Crafted the Fantasy World in Beetle & the Hollowbones

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By Aliza Layne Take a second and draw a little Halloween house right now. What kind of creature lives inside of it? Nobody is going to make the same house, and nobody is going to imagine the exact same creature; not if you really let yourself think instead of drawing something you’ve seen before. … [Read more...] about How I Crafted the Fantasy World in Beetle & the Hollowbones

Q&A and Exclusive Look at A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel

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By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Sabaa Tahir, Nicole Andelfinger, and Sonia Liao to the WNDB blog to discuss A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel and take an exclusive look at the graphic novel, which publishes on July 14, 2020. Taking place years … [Read more...] about Q&A and Exclusive Look at A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel

Alex Sanchez and Julie Maroh in Conversation, You Brought Me the Ocean

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Today we’re pleased to welcome Alex Sanchez and Julie Maroh to the WNDB blog to discuss their graphic novel You Brought Me the Ocean, out June 9, 2020! Jake Hyde doesn’t swim—not since his father drowned. Luckily, he lives in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, which is in the middle of the … [Read more...] about Alex Sanchez and Julie Maroh in Conversation, You Brought Me the Ocean

Q&A With Gene Luen Yang, Superman Smashes the Klan

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Today we’re pleased to welcome Gene Luen Yang to the WNDB blog to discuss his graphic novel Superman Smashes the Klan, illustrated by Gurihiru and out May 12, 2020! The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Metropolis' Chinatown to the center of the bustling city. While Dr. Lee is … [Read more...] about Q&A With Gene Luen Yang, Superman Smashes the Klan