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Booklist Review of the Day |
Born Naughty: My Childhood in China
by Jin Wang and Tony Johnston, illustrated by Anisi Baigude
Bursting with delightful shenanigans, merry adventures, and family love, this memoir follows Jin Wang as an eight-year-old in the village of Nan Ba Zi, in the province of Inner Mongolia, China.
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Current Features |
Booklist Backlist: Celebrating Arbor Day
by Kit Ballenger
Earth Day, Arbor Day, Tu B’Shevat—there’s even a national Love a Tree Day each May. So many days and even more ways to celebrate trees! If you want to branch out from the recent growth in informational texts on the topic (no shade to those) go out on a limb with this collection of fictional picture books.
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10 Questions for Yulin Kuang
By John Charles
Yulin Kuang is a screenwriter and director, whose credits include The CW’s I Ship It and Hulu’s Dollface. She was once fired from a Hallmark movie for being “too hip for Hallmark” and is the adapting screenwriter of Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation, as well as the writer/director of the forthcoming Beach Read film for 20th Century Studios. She lives in Pasadena with her husband Zack and their orange cat, Eloise.
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Listen Up: Family Listening for Summer, 2024
by Heather Booth
With family vacation season right around the corner, listeners’ advisory is about to get a little trickier. But there is an audiobook out there for every family looking for a shared listening experience, no matter the age range. The following categories are great jumping-off points for finding the right listen for every journey.
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10 Questions for Nicholas George
By John Charles
Nicholas George worked as a newspaper reporter before embarking on an extensive career in public relations and communication management. His love of long-distance walking in the U.S. and England prompted him to create his Walk Through England series of mystery novels, set on group walks in the English countryside.
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Episode #34: Summer Scares 2024
By Susan Maguire
This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares! The reading program, a collaboration between Booklist, the Horror Writers Association, United for Libraries, Book Riot, and NoveList, announced their title picks in February. Host Susan Maguire sat down with the folks behind Summer Scares to talk about the books they want you to read this summer, different levels of scariness, and the importance of snacks for patron engagement.
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10 Questions for Ally Zetterberg
By John Charles
Ally Zetterberg is a British-Swedish writer. She spent ten years working internationally as a fashion model before becoming a full-time mum. Being neurodivergent herself and the mother of a child with Type 1 Diabetes, she is passionate about writing relatable characters and representing those living with medical conditions in commercial fiction. She speaks four languages and spends her days doing her best not to muddle them up.
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10 Questions for Nicci French
By John Charles
Nicci French is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense have sold more than sixteen million copies around the world.
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