You’re not alone if you have relatives who occasionally cause you to cringe with embarassment, and if you could peek further back in your family tree you’d certainly find a slew more ne’er-do-wells. But don’t include your... Read More

Boy Meets Girl / Christie Hodgen / New Issues / Softcover $18.00 (492pp) / 978-1-936970-74-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / The intertwining of the personal and the political is at the heart of Christie Hodgen’s Boy... Read More

From the earliest days in nurseries and playgrounds as toddlers to the mischief of K–12 on into young adulthood, girls are subjected to a barrage of gender role messages, as well as quite overt resistance from boys and society about... Read More

Book people come in all shapes and surprises, like Laura Stanfill, publisher of the acclaimed Forest Avenue Press and—what gives her gamechanger status—debut author of Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary, one of our favorite... Read More

I Hate Borsch! Yevgenia Nayberg / Eerdmans Books for Young Readers / Hardcover $17.99 (56pp) / 978-0-8028-5580-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / In this vibrant story, a Ukrainian girl resists a national culinary... Read More

Religion has lost its touch—just check out the latest polling numbers. And there’s a case to be made that this turn away from God portends civilization’s demise, but we’re not of that school. What’s happening might just be a... Read More

The Dylan Tapes / Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan / Anthony ScadutoStephanie Trudeau, editor / University of Minnesota Press / Hardcover $29.95 (400pp) / 978-1-5179-0815-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop),... Read More

Post Show Report / Following, please find a general overview of the 2022 Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF), in addition to comments from the show floor and Foreword’s Indie Press Collective. Many titles on display in our stand... Read More