YAing News: Week of November 23rd
November 26, 2025
YAing News is back for the week of November 23rd with events, calls for submissions, job postings, and a fantastic First Page Feature! … More YAing News: Week of November 23rd
Tag: book reviews
Cranky Chicken: The Cranky-Verse by Katherine Battersby
November 13, 2025
In the energetic fourth installment of author/illustrator, Katherine Battersby’s, Cranky Chicken chapter book series, Cranky Chicken and Speedy the worm return! The Cranky-Verse will have readers wondering how Cranky and Speedy will work through meeting a new friend, what Cranky will do when Speedy becomes the cranky one, and if a camping trip will be the solution to all of their troubles and woes. … More Cranky Chicken: The Cranky-Verse by Katherine Battersby
If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry
October 30, 2025
Set on the cutthroat streets of Manhattan, Julie Berry’s novel, If Looks Could Kill, follows a murderer who finds himself on a collision course with a wrathful sisterhood of Medusas, whom his killings have unintentionally awakened. … More If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry
The World in Our Backyard by Jami Gigot
October 23, 2025
Gigot’s story highlights the many layers of worlds that exist on our planet and reminds us that even though it is easy to feel overwhelmed at the weight and size of our world, we may be small, but significant parts. … More The World in Our Backyard by Jami Gigot
YAing News: Week of October 13
October 14, 2025
YAing News is back for the week of October 13th with industry news, events, calls for submissions, and job postings. … More YAing News: Week of October 13
Alice Atherton’s Grand Tour by Lesley M.M. Blume
October 7, 2025
Beginning in New York City in 1927, Alice Atherton’s Grand Tour follows Alice, a 10-year-old girl whose curiosity has been dampened by the recent loss of her mother. In an effort to help Alice regain her zest for life, her father sends her overseas to France to stay with his eccentric friends, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, their three children, and their pet monkey, Mistigris. … More Alice Atherton’s Grand Tour by Lesley M.M. Blume
I am Connected by Kung Jaadee, illustrated by Carla Joseph
September 30, 2025
I Am Connected is about unity. Ḵung Jaadee’s picture book, illustrated by Carla Joseph, inspires readers to observe and reflect on our relationships with each other, the environment, animals, our ancestors, and ourselves. … More I am Connected by Kung Jaadee, illustrated by Carla Joseph
YAing News: Week of September 21
September 23, 2025
YAing News is back for the week of September 21st with a spectacular First Page Feature! … More YAing News: Week of September 21
A Drop in the Ocean by Léa Taranto
September 18, 2025
Léa Taranto’s debut YA novel, A Drop in the Ocean, brings readers into the life of teenaged protagonist Mira, who has been institutionalized at the Residency Adolescent Treatment Centre for obsessive compulsive and comorbid disorders. Drawing from her own lived experience, Taranto has written this auto-fictional novel straight from her heart. Through Mira, Taranto has penned a fiercely loyal and loveably articulate protagonist who is brutally honest, full of empathy, and impossible not to root for. … More A Drop in the Ocean by Léa Taranto
Words with Wings and Magic Things by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Doug Salati
September 16, 2025
In Words with Wings and Magic Things, Matthew Burgess returns with an enchanting poetry collection for children, once again earning his well-deserved spot on the Kids’ Indie Next List. With Burgess’ whimsical, heartfelt verses combined with stunning illustrations by award-winning author and illustrator Doug Salati, this collection reminds readers to pause, look up, and to see the best our world has to offer. … More Words with Wings and Magic Things by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Doug Salati
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