Storystorm 2025 Day 30: Anna Raff Likes to Party
by Anna Raff
“Wooo-hooo!”
That’s a direct quote from yours truly, the moment I read an email from my art director, offering me the opportunity...
Storystorm 2025 Bonus Day: Tara Lazar Questions Everything
I have questions.
Musical notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet—A thru G—but when we learn to play the piano,...
Sign the 2025 Storystorm Pledge!
The 2025 Storystorm Pledge is now closed.
If you’ve been participating in Storystorm all month, you’ve been generating riots, riches and reams of ideas!
Luckily...
Jena Benton’s Storystorm Success Story: Let Your Ideas Change (plus a giveaway)
by Jena Benton
Now that you’re done with Storystorm and have fistfuls of ideas, I bet you’re wondering what to do with all of...
Jane Yolen’s a Child Again…in JANIE WRITES A PLAY (plus a giveaway)
by Heidi EY Stemple
My new book begins, The night before play rehearsals began, Janie couldn’t sleep.
It is now just days before my new...
Storystorm Hiatus…Plus an Original Story to Read While You Wait!
So as typically happens this time of year, I’ve been sick. So I’m just going to chalk February up to a loss and...
SIDEWALK CHALK Cover Reveal and Giveaway with Jen Fier Jasinski
by Jen Fier Jasinski
After only three months and six drafts writing SIDEWALK CHALK, I received a critique from a big-name agent that said:...
A Conversation with Matt de la Peña and Loren Long
A podcast interview with Matt de la Peña and Loren Long discussing Home on The Growing Readers Podcast, a production of The Children’s Book Review.
Join us for...
The Reindeer and the Easter Bunny
Book Review of The Reindeer and the Easter BunnySponsored* | All opinions are our ownThe Children’s Book Review
What to Expect: Friendship, pets, animal...
5 Exciting Middle-Grade Audiobooks, From Percy Jackson and Beyond
AudioFile Magazine curated this audiobook list exclusively for The Children’s Book Review.
The Best New Audiobooks for Middle-Grade Listeners
When a narrator gets a voice just...
