Rachel Rosenberg enjoys storytimes, books, movies, travel, cross-stitching and sarcasm. She was published in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 2 at the age of 14, and is therefore kinda the literary equivalent to the little redheaded girl from 1982’s film adaptation of 'Annie'. Find her on Twitter: @LibraryRachelR
How did HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES, one of the most challenged books in the US, come to be written?
Better late than never, right? These lonely library books made it back home eventually—it just took 40+ years.
New LGBTQ+ picture books to put on your shelves, because it's essential to show children various ways to be happy and true to themselves.
Nobuko Yoshiya was a wealthy, successful novelist who was out as a lesbian in Japan in the 1920s. So why isn't she a famous queer icon?
Magnetic poetry was fairly ubiquitous in the '90s. Its inspirations, which include an avant grade art movement, may surprise you.
There are more picture books being published now that feature children of color, but are authors and illustrators of color writing them?
On the life and legacy of Carol Stanton Jones, the first Black woman to serve as director of a central public library system in the US.
From picture books to chapter books and nonfiction, these books for kids with dyslexia are great to get started with, like Grandpa Bert and the Ghost Snatchers by Malorie Blackman and Melanie Demmer.
By exposing toddlers to various tempos, their sense of rhythm begins to develop. Do it now with these interactive musical books for toddlers.
Share the wonderful world of fairy tale board books with the youngest readers in your life.