Book Talk

The top 10 most challenged books of 2019 are mostly children's / middle grade / YA books. 8 out of 10 were challenged for containing LGBTQIA+ content. See the list on this short YouTube video. How do

Whether they were born in the PNW or moved here later in life, these children's and YA* authors have some claim as a local author. iSchool students live all over the US and even in other countries, s

How are you checking off the graphic novel square of your bingo card? Manga, an adaptation of a classic, a collection of comic strips? It's all fair game.

Love them or hate them, audiobooks are an important piece of library collections. As libraries around the country continue to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, it will be interesting to hear conversa

House Arrest by K. A. Holt is one of my favorite summer reads so far. Timothy is desperate to help his mom after his baby brother is born with special medical needs and his father abandons the family

I found this to be a gripping novel based on real experiences that illustrate the desperate circumstances that can force one to flee their country and put themselves at the mercy of strangers - some k

I'm excited to take a look at this book, due out in August, through Barefoot Books. I am always on the hunt for children's books that do a good job with marginalized people and circumstances. This isn

A verse novel, put simply, is a novel written in verse instead of prose. There have been some amazing ones for young adults written in the past few years, and there are also good ones for middle grade

Don't let their length fool you. Picture books can be incredibly powerful and invite critical thinking. Although, sometimes they're just silly and fun. We hope you get a chance to read both.

I thought some of you might like to browse this publication from the Oregon Library Association. Their latest issue of the OLA Quarterly is youth services themed! Articles were written before the pa

So, was the book way better than the movie? Or did the Netflix series blow the book out of the water? There are so many choices when it comes to the bingo square for a book that was turned into a movi

I recently read Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds. It is the young adult adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped From the Beginning . Jason Reynolds is one of my favorite author