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How one book influencer championing Black authors is changing publishing

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How one book influencer championing Black authors is changing publishing

Milwaukee-based book influencer Cree Myles curates an account for Penguin Random House dedicated to celebrating Black writers.

How one book influencer championing Black authors is changing publishing

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Behold! 'The Great Zapfino' takes a big leap to overcome his fears
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Behold! 'The Great Zapfino' takes a big leap to overcome his fears

A circus performer whose act is called "The Leap For Life" loses his nerve and gets a regular job as an elevator operator. Then a moment comes when The Great Zapfino must finally perform.

Behold! 'The Great Zapfino' takes a big leap to overcome his fears

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In a lawsuit, a group of Texas library patrons says a book ban amounts to censorship

Among the books banned in Llano County, Texas, public libraries were: Robie H. Harris's It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health; Isabel Wilkerson's Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents; and Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen. Marco Storel/NPR hide caption

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In a lawsuit, a group of Texas library patrons says a book ban amounts to censorship

Llano County officials said they wanted to remove "pornographic" material from libraries but actually censored books based on political and religious grounds, the library patrons' lawsuit says.

Russian invasion upends young, flourishing Ukrainian publishing industry

A visitor reads a book at a book fair during a Publishers Forum in Lviv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. A regional council in western Ukraine had passed a motion to ban all Russian-language books, films and songs in the region. Mykola Tys/AP hide caption

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Russian invasion upends young, flourishing Ukrainian publishing industry

After the Crimea invasion, a backlash against Russian books filled with propaganda led to the growth of Ukraine's own book industry. But Russia's latest attacks and Covid have created major obstacles.

Russian invasion upends young, flourishing Ukrainian publishing industry

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As 'The Velveteen Rabbit' turns 100, its message continues to resonate
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As 'The Velveteen Rabbit' turns 100, its message continues to resonate

"To engage children's interest in anything you have to be keenly interested in that thing yourself," Margery Williams Bianco wrote in 1925. Her story endures because it connects to so many people.

As 'The Velveteen Rabbit' turns 100, its message continues to resonate

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Graphic novels about Greek gods that don't talk down to kids

Graphic novelist George O'Connor treats the Olympians as both a family and as distinct gods and goddesses, each with their own personality. Macmillan Children's Publishing Group / First Second hide caption

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Graphic novels about Greek gods that don't talk down to kids

George O'Connor spent 12 years turning the Greek gods into best-selling graphic novels for kids. They're faithful to the ancient myths - which often include gender fluidity.

Graphic novels about Greek gods that don't talk down to kids

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Colin Kaepernick says 'I Color Myself Different' in his first children's book
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Colin Kaepernick says 'I Color Myself Different' in his first children's book

Colin Kaepernick's kindergarten teacher gave his class an assignment: Draw a picture of your family. When he colored his family yellow and himself brown, it became a pivotal moment for his identity.

Colin Kaepernick says 'I Color Myself Different' in his first children's book

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In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced

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In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced

Belorusets' book Lucky Breaks, written in the aftermath of Russia's previous assault into Ukraine in 2014, was published in English this month. The author remains in Kyiv producing art as war rages.

In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced

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'a Year & Other Poems' examines the passing of time alongside the passing of grief
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'a Year & Other Poems' examines the passing of time alongside the passing of grief

In her third poetry collection, 2019 Pulitzer-finalist Jos Charles examines time and what it means to mourn — and how knowing that there is an "after" can teach us to embrace it.

'a Year & Other Poems' examines the passing of time alongside the passing of grief

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A kids' book travels through history to ask: Where does 'Blue' come from?
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A kids' book travels through history to ask: Where does 'Blue' come from?

The color blue is all around us, but where does it come from? In Blue, written by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and illustrated by Daniel Minter, the answer is as deep as the sea and wide as the sky.

A kids' book travels through history to ask: Where does 'Blue' come from?

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What's your attachment style? Take this quiz to find out
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What's your attachment style? Take this quiz to find out

According to the field of attachment theory, each person has a unique attachment style that informs how that person relates to intimacy: secure, anxious or avoidant. We talk with Amir Levine, a neuroscientist and co-author of the book Attached, about how your attachment style can impact your relationships.

What's your attachment style? Take this quiz to find out

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Grandma's garden of magical rocks is 'Where Wonder Grows'
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Grandma's garden of magical rocks is 'Where Wonder Grows'

A grandmother brings her granddaughters to her special garden, where they learn about their connection to nature and tell stories about magical rocks, seashells, crystals and meteorites.

Grandma's garden of magical rocks is 'Where Wonder Grows'

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For this Latinx graphic novelist, superheroes can be real. They can even be family

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For this Latinx graphic novelist, superheroes can be real. They can even be family

Graphic novelist Henry Barajas is finding success by incorporating Mesoamerican history — and his own family's past — into his work.

For this Latinx graphic novelist, superheroes can be real. They can even be family

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