Nowruz is a holiday filled with family, food, and fresh starts for everyone. If your family is feeling inspired by this season of newness, it might be time to learn more about this festive celebration. To get you—and your kids—started, we’ve picked out six Persian New Year children’s books. Persian New Year Children’s Books: Learning the Basics What does Norwuz mean? What are the traditions and when did they start?...
Origins Unlike most Batman villains, Tut did not originate in the comics. Rather, he debuted as an adversary for Adam West’s Batman on the ’60s TV series. Played by Victor Buono, William McElroy is a mild-mannered Egyptology professor at Yale…until he gets hit on the head, at which point he becomes the pompous, scenery-chewing King Tut until such time as he is concussed once again. Like the rest of the ’60s series, Tut is absolutely camptastic....
I suppose you won’t be surprised to hear I also happen to love road trip novels. The close proximity, the dealing-with-the-inevitable flat tire or spilled drink. The hours that stretch from surface level conversation to having to go deeper because there simply isn’t anything else left to do. The only-one-bed panic and awkwardness and subsequent closeness afterwards. Monotony, to me, is how love grows. Spending hours and hours and hours together, talking about anything, looking in the same direction....
And before anybody starts tracking down my social media to tell me how cold-hearted I am about their favorite pink and red holiday, let it be known that I’m no Valentine’s Grinch. I love romance novels and cry at the end of The Notebook like everybody else. I even celebrate Valentine’s Day each year by making a cheesecake for my wife. There are plenty of ways to be sweet and thoughtful without spending tons of money, which is precisely what capitalism wants you to think love is all about....
The literary tradition of falling for an otherworldly person is everywhere. The animal bride and groom tradition shows a longstanding pattern of mystical or magical creatures who end up with human partners. Animal shifter romances are also entrenched in the western literary canon with poems like Marie De France’s Yonec (where a lady falls for a Hawk-Knight) and Bisclavret (where a lady falls out of love when she realizes her Knight husband is a werewolf and the king takes him on as his werewolf-Knight)....
Hitchhiker’s Guide tells the story of Arthur Dent, who narrowly escapes Earth before it is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass. With his alien friend Ford Prefect, Arthur unwillingly explores the galaxy, inevitably meeting a host of quirky characters along the way. Most notable among Arthur’s new acquaintances are Trillian, a human woman who abandoned Earth before its destruction; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the double-headed, triple-armed president of the galaxy (who has no power whatsoever); and Marvin, a depressed android with a brain the size of a planet (not that he ever brings it up, of course)....
From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue and One Last Stop comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need…To get the girl, first you have to find her. Well, surprise! There’s a way to do both: a scavenger hunt. Go out and explore the world, have an adventure, and your reward at the end? An entertaining queer YA new release that might just be your next favorite, and, oh yeah, a fun adventure to remember....
The rapper, producer, and poet is from Bronzeville in Chicago, where she started off in the slam poetry scene. After appearances on tracks by artists including Chance the Rapper and Nico Segal and the Social Experiment, Noname burst into the rap world with her 2016 mixtape Telefone. Her debut album, Room 25, was released last September. Noname is a key star in the Chicago music scene that mixes and switches between poetry and rap, music, and the page—a world that includes the likes of Jamila Woods, Chance the Rapper, Saba, and more, and that is featured in the Haymarket Books Breakbeat Poets collections....
Created by Book Riot, this smartly designed reading log consists of entry pages to record stats, impressions, and reviews of each book you read. Evenly interspersed among these entry pages are 12 challenges inspired by Book Riot’s annual Read Harder initiative, which began in 2015 to encourage readers to pick up passed-over books, try out new genres, and choose titles from a wider range of voices and perspectives. Indulge your inner book nerd and read a book about books, get a new perspective on current events by reading a book written by an immigrant, find a hidden gem by reading a book published by an independent press, and so much more....
Meet Libby. The one-tap reading app from OverDrive. By downloading Libby to your smartphone, you can access thousands of eBooks and audiobooks from your library for free anytime and anywhere. You’ll find titles in all genres, ranging from bestsellers, classics, nonfiction, comics and much more. Libby works on Apple and Android devices and is compatible with Kindle. All you need is a library card but you can sample any book in the library collection without one....
Created by Book Riot, this smartly designed reading log consists of entry pages to record stats, impressions, and reviews of each book you read. Evenly interspersed among these entry pages are 12 challenges inspired by Book Riot’s annual Read Harder initiative, which began in 2015 to encourage readers to pick up passed-over books, try out new genres, and choose titles from a wider range of voices and perspectives. Indulge your inner book nerd and read a book about books, get a new perspective on current events by reading a book written by an immigrant, find a hidden gem by reading a book published by an independent press, and so much more....
TBR is Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Been dreaming of a “Stitch Fix for books?” Now it’s here! Tell TBR about your reading preferences and what you’re looking for, and sit back while your Bibliologist handpicks recommendations just for you. TBR offers plans to receive hardcover books in the mail or recommendations by email, so there’s an option for every budget. TBR is also available as a gift to give to the readers in your life!...
HOLIDAYS ARE HAPPIER WITH AUDIOBOOKS. Make your holiday travels, errands, cooking sessions, and all the rest more enjoyable by listening to an audiobook. From bestsellers, to thrillers, to self-care, you can find the perfect listen for any moment. Give yourself the gift of audio this holiday season. I don’t know how I ever got to sleep before audiobooks. I did, clearly, or I’d be dead, but audiobooks are now a permanent fixture in my sleep routine—an enviable eight plus hours of peaceful reverie almost every night....
Some of us still remember the smells of the fairs. Though they were put up in familiar settings—often a school cafeteria, gymnasium, or library—the arrival of the Scholastic Book Fair felt, in a word, novel. If you were lucky, perhaps your caretakers sent you off to school with some pocket money. It didn’t take much to come home with a respectable book haul. Paperbacks were nearly for the taking and if you didn’t have cash on hand, you could be sure you’d at least bring a catalog home with you, with a neat little ordering form....
Even though hunting down all the Black books I could find became an obsession at one point, finding these books presented a challenge for me. The authors I was looking for weren’t always in my local grocery aisles. If I were lucky, I might see some at the library. Even if there were some good finds at the library, it wasn’t consistent. At this time, bookstores had a small section for Black authors....
DONOHUE: Hi Sonali! I absolutely love Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors. I’d love to hear what drew you to the idea of retelling Austen’s classic novel in such a fresh, fun, and insightful way. Has Pride and Prejudice always been a favorite of yours? DEV: Thank you! I’m so excited you enjoyed it, because I absolutely loved You, Me, and the Sea. And yes, I’ve always been a fan of Austen’s work....
When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would spread as widely as it did. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and nearly 100,000 people downloaded the Me and White Supremacy Workbook. Updated and expanded from the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy, takes the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources....
Get ready to get even more exited. A new edition of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark is coming to shelves near you. Edited by Jonathan Maberry, presented by the Horror Writers Association, and to be published by HarperCollins in early 2019, the collection plays homage to the classic series, with a star-studded author line up. Check this out! “The Funeral Portrait” by Laurent Linn I’ll be here, waiting for it to be in my hands for a scary good time....
Currently, Goodreads allows pre-publication reviews and/or ratings for books that aren’t even released yet. Ideally, that should be discouraged as one shouldn’t review a book they haven’t so much as touched. But at the same time, most publishers hand out Advance Reader Copies or ARCs to bloggers and the media to solicit reviews, making them entitled to write Goodreads reviews ahead of publication. After all, reviews drum up excitement for a new release....
“Enola is Sherlock Holmes’s much smarter and more worldly teenage sister. Though her name may be lesser known, she’s been around for more than a decade. The film is based on Nancy Springer’s young adult mystery book series, which puts the intrepid teenage detective smack in the middle of the Holmes boys’ club. If the movie has left you anxious for a sequel, you might want to pick up the books....
