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Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin

From August 5–7 in Twinsburg, Ohio, twins from around the world have come for festivities that include contests, talent shows, and fireworks. In years past this assembly has made the Guinness Book of World Records for being the largest gathering of twins at one time. Well, twins have always fascinated children, and literature for children [...]

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Featured on August 31, 2011

Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin

In January we celebrate National Folklore Month. Folklore collections and retellings have tended to be Euro-Centric in books for children, whether retellings from Grimm, Perrault, or the Lang Fairy Books. But after American-born Grace Lin traveled to the land of her ancestors, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan, she began incorporating the folklore of this land [...]

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Featured on January 31, 2013

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

The sixteen-day celebration of Chinese New Year, marking the year of the Snake, will begin on February 10. If you want to prepare for this event there is a perfect book to read, published only two years ago. What does it mean to be a Chinese-American, particularly if most traces of your native culture have [...]

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Featured on February 28, 2011

Daily children’s book recommendations and events from Anita Silvey.

Discover the stories behind the children’s book classics . . .

The new books on their way to becoming classics . . .

And events from the world of children’s books—and the world at large.