At the end of The Wizard Who Saved the World, says author Jeffrey Bennett, we want kids to leave any school discussion of global warming with the belief that they, too, have the power to be a “wizard” who can help us build a better... Read More

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) just held its 55th annual event at the Fiere Exhibition Center just a few blocks from the University of Bologna, considered to be the oldest university in the Western world (11th century). China... Read More

Editor’s Note: This post by Foreword Reviews Publisher Victoria Sutherland originally appeared on The Cockeyed Pessimist blog. Foreword Magazine’s story begins in Traverse City, Michigan, in 1998, when three women writers and... Read More

“Just like Confucius said, ’A man at 30 should have planted his feet firm upon the ground,’ and BIBF has developed quite a lot since the start. … After 30 years, BIBF has become the leading platform for not only the Chinese... Read More

On December 10, the winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize—among the best, brightest, most talented people in the world—will converge on Stockholm to accept the honor. All except one. There will be a Bob Dylan-sized hole in the proceedings.... Read More

Editor’s Note: This commentary by librarian Anna Call is part of our special focus on LGBTQ issues for the month of June. Thirty years ago, which is within my lifetime, we would not even have had this conversation. People knew that... Read More

An attitude of ’been there, done that’ is a half-baked approach to travel—as if every destination has but a handful of easily doable things to see. In truth, too many travel guides encourage this herd approach by writing about the... Read More

Bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert’s name is a brand. Her titles dominate whole shelves in libraries, and circulate without resting. When she turned to a new publishing venture—her own press, Persevero–she was bound to do... Read More