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September 28, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

What Makes a Story a Fairy Tale? A guest post by Emma Steinkellner

There might not be one answer, and that’s okay! I think fairy tales are about the questions and the exploration.

September 27, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Seeing Yourself in a Story, a guest post by Michelle Mohrweis

Stories let us see ourselves doing things and having adventures. They let us imagine ourselves in those places and know that we are valid.

September 26, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

We SHOULD Be Uncomfortable: The importance of addressing sexual assault in YA books, a guest post by Kim DeRose

I hope this book finds its way to the readers who need it most and makes them feel seen. But I also hope this book inspires conversation, and debate, and, ultimately, action.

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An Interview with Rachel Renée Russell, the author of Dork Diaries 15: Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure

September 26, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

I hope readers are learning that being a bit different and unique is a good thing.  That things will get better if they just hang in there.  

The Challenge of Adapting the Readapted, a guest post by Sachi Ediriweera

September 25, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Like his teachings, the Buddha's biography continues to adapt itself to befit the times we live in and the audience it's intended for.

Grief, Hope, and Bittersweet Endings, a guest post by Victoria Wlosok

September 22, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

How to Find a Missing Girl can be fun, silly, and fast-paced and defined by grief and hope. The feelings are still there. They can co-exist. I know they do.

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The Pain of Invisibility, a guest post by Carmen Tafolla

September 21, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Warrior Girl makes visible what has for centuries of schoolbooks been treated as invisible.

How My Book Helped Me Face My Fears, a guest post by Thushanthi Ponweera

September 20, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Change will always be hard, but now I have a new mantra. If Kavi can do it, so can I. And so can you.

What the Main Character of My Novel Taught Me, (And What I Hope She Teaches Readers, Too), a guest post by Hannah V. Sawyerr

September 19, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

It wasn’t until writing Amina’s story that I truly learned to believe that I am not at fault for not reacting a certain way to an event that should never have happened.

Restoring What Slavery Took Away: Ten Take-aways from Kin: Rooted in Hope, a guest post by Carole Boston Weatherford

September 18, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

In multi-voiced, first-person poems and dramatic scratchboard illustrations created by my son, Jeffery Boston Weatherford, Kin conjures the voices and stories of our ancestors and their contemporaries on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

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