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Launchpad: Dead Mom Walking, by Rachel Matlow
"This book is perfect. Dead Mom Walking is a deeply funny, incredibly smart, and moving page-turner...I just can’t get over what a stunning achievement …
Launchpad: The Swan Suit, by Katherine Fawcett
Lisa Moore declares this latest collection "Wicked and charming by turns...nothing short of magical.”
Launchpad: West Coast Wild Babies, by Deborah Hodge
"There are a growing number of books for young children that celebrate and encourage an appreciation for the natural world. I am happy to add to this …
COVID–19 Teacher Diary: Equity & Access for All Students
In this day and age of widespread use of technology, it’s easy to forget that there are real issues when it comes to the equitable access to devices …
Launchpad: Polar Vortex, by Shani Mootoo
A novel that's gorgeously wrought and excruciatingly (in the best way!) unputdownable.
Lean Out: A Conversation with Tara Henley
"Life is uncertain and anxiety-producing. But there are glimpses of a different world that may come out of this crisis."
Launchpad: The Union of Smokers, by Paddy Scott
"An entirely new kind of story told by a gutter-mouthed, chain-smoking twelve year old, who announces in the opening paragraph that he’s going to die …
COVID–19 Teacher Diary: An Achievable, Accessible #ActivityOfTheDay
The times we find ourselves in right now are uncertain and unprecedented. But what always sticks with me is this saying from Fred Rogers: “When …
Launchpad: Junebat, by John Elizabeth Stintzi
"To the poetics of the queer everyday Stintzi adds their ‘Junebat,’ a multitudinous concept of such explanatory power I’m certain it’ll endure …
Stay Where I Can See You: The List
"I had this idea for a book about a mother and daughter at that moment where they split apart..."