Book-A-Day Almanac
Discover the stories behind the children’s book classics and the new books on their way to becoming classics.
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The Ruby in the Smoke
Elementary School, High School, Middle School, Mystery/ThrillerFor our celebration of mysteries that began last week, let’s look at one of our best-written mysteries for young readers, Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke, first published in the United States in 1987. With this book, Pullman, a former schoolteacher raised in Rhodesia, Australia, London, and Wales, launched his career as a writer […]
History, VictorianFeatured on March 19
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.
