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From Villain to Anti-Hero | Rebranding President Snow

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Warning: spoilers for The Hunger Games series and Star Wars franchise below!  In 2008, Suzanne Collins revitalized the young adult dystopian genre both in print and on the big screen.

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Worlds of Words Showcase | Juana Martinez-Neal and Molly Idle

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How is art influenced by other people? The current exhibition at Worlds of Words, a curation of global children’s literature located at the University of Arizona, tries to answer this

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Little Women and Authenticity

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When I was nine years old, Little Women was my Everest. It was the summer of 2007 and my mom had given me Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, adding to

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Make Way for Books

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The Make Way For Books organization is an early literacy nonprofit in Tucson, Arizona. This organization partners with the Introduction to Publishing Children’s and Young Adult Literature Market course offered

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2019 Wrap Up

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Aija’s Choice Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Hodder Children’s Books, 2019, 360 pages “I love the main character of the novel and how he always stayed true to himself regardless

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The Queen of Nothing: A Reaction

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Warning: This blog contains spoilers! After devouring Holly Black’s The Cruel Prince and The Wicked King in quick succession over the summer, I was counting down the days to The

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