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children’s literature

Dragons Love Tacos 2 Blog Tour

Our favorite dragons are back, and they're on the hunt for the most important resource our world has to offer: TACOS! If you remember, a few weeks back we [...]

Dragons Love Tacos Blog Tour!

Guys! Dragons everywhere need our help! There are no tacos left in the world! Oh no! What will they do? As you can see, all that's left are some measley [...]

The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina

Sonia Ocampo was born during the worst storm her village had ever seen. When the winds finally stopped the entire village gathered to see the girl who silenced [...]

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

There's beauty in simplicity. In my lifetime I've read hundreds and hundreds of books, from dense classics like The Iliad to every Dr. Seuss classic under [...]

Hungry for The Hunger Games: Why YA Literature Deserves a Place in the Canon

A while ago, while having a conversation with my critical methods professor, I found myself in a conversation about Young Adult literature. This is, of course, [...]