
Teen Librarian Toolbox
March 15, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
We need scientists, and we need diversity in science, and we need books for kids, and we need citizen science projects, but most of all…we need hope.
March 14, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
I grew up knowing that books could take us places. Outer space. California. Narnia. What if I wrote a book that could take readers to my home, Honduras?
March 10, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
One thing I value and believe in is the role of stories in helping readers to experience new perspectives. To see other sides. To think critically.
March 9, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
I asked my mom a question I was given for a blog interview: “What the hardest obstacle you’ve had to overcome?” My mom looked at me for a moment, then said, “Ah, how about the fact you couldn’t read until fourth grade!”
March 7, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
Jerome and I tapped into our early heroic adventures for our new book, Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair. In a hybrid mix of panels and prose, we tell the story of Lincoln and Hudson Dupré, two brothers just like us.
March 6, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
Children of the Black Glass began some years ago on a family road trip, when we found an obsidian deposit near a dirt road on the wild side of a jagged mountain range.
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February 23, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
The more I researched the bewildering problems facing our planet, the more I kept bumping into an unlikely hero—seaweed.
February 20, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
With the unprecedented rise in book bannings and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation targeting marginalized youth, I feel the need to use this opportunity to talk about books and their significance to me.
February 16, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
This moving and well-written story about one kid's experience in the foster care system is so full of heart. Mo's story will stick with me for a long time. A great read.
February 15, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
This is one of those books that is nice to read and seems perfectly fine, but then becomes something bigger, something better, something different.
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Teen Librarian Toolbox
by Amanda MacGregor
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