Book Riot’s Children’s Deals of the Day for March 29, 2023
$2.99 Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty, David Litchfield Get This Deal $1.99 The Upside Down Hat by Stephen Barr, Gracey Zhang...
Exclusive Cover Reveal for Vanessa Chan’s “The Storm We Made”
Electric Literature is thrilled to reveal the cover for Vanessa Chan’s highly anticipated debut novel, The Storm We Made, which will be published by Marysue Rucci...
Spring 2023 YA Books You’ll Want to TBR ASAP
If you thought we hit “full names in book titles” in YA prior to this seasonal roundup, you’d be wrong. This trend continues to grow, and...
And You Get Counted! And You Get Counted!: Oprah’s Book Club by the Numbers
Oprah’s just chosen her 100th selection for her book club, so now seems like a good time to crunch some numbers (because the number 100 makes...
Bookish Scarves To Delight Your Heart
For those of us in North America, thanks to Mr. Groundhog, we’ve got a bit more of winter left. Depending on where you’re located, this may...
8 Things You May Not Know About Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The first time I read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, I was in the third grade. My copy called it The Secret of NIMH...
How Writers Have Been Honored All Over the World
Writers past and present helped shaped the world’s cultural landscape. Through their written words, they also shape how we think. They inform us, they entertain us,...
Who Gets To Be the Final Girl In Horror Novels and Movies?
Horror cinema has always had the capacity to push against structures of power. In the book Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan, Robin Wood identifies how horror...
How AI Proves the Intrinsic Value of Writing
On the first day of writing class, I often begin by asking my students why they want to become more skillful on the page. I pose...
Kelly Link Makes Fairy Tales Even Weirder Than You Remember
Like magic, narrative rearranges the world through words, and Kelly Link is one of modern fiction’s boldest alchemists. Her stories (which have now been collected into...
