It’s the end of another publishing year and the best lists are snowing upon us! What we love about the plethora of these lists from children’s literature experts, review publications, and national press resources is how so many perspectives pop into focus: diverse list makers see “best” in so many different—and complementary—ways. Some of the […]
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You may be familiar with this tagline: “For the best books, look for the bear.” This fall, the bear from down under is making its way to the U.S. market! Walker Books Australia, based in Sydney, has been home to beautiful, high-quality picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for more than thirty years. Part of the
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This article is by Publisher Spotlight intern Nicole Speyrer Poetry, to many, carries the weight of emotion and internal movement. In a way, it sometimes becomes more difficult to express deeper, more complex experiences in our everyday language. In being forced to certain grammar constraints and spoken emphases or without certain imagery, a certain complexity
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