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Let’s Make History! Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Create Your Own Comics

Livestream + In Person

Make your own way through history! Readers will tackle seventy-one comic-creating challenges, with help from some of their favorite characters from the series! With each challenge, young cartoonists will learn new skills, from sound effects and character creation to building their own ten-page comic. This hardcore comics workbook will get kids writing their own thrilling, […]

“Code-Cracking & Puzzling Prequels”: Chris Grabenstein & Kekla Magoon

On Demand

Before Mr. Lemoncello became everyone’s favorite game maker, he was a kid who liked to roll the dice … Luigi has a knack for games and puzzles. But sometimes it feels like the cards are stacked against him. UNTIL a carnival arrives in town and Luigi gets the CHANCE OF A LIFETIME – the opportunity […]

“This Monster Panel Really Bites”: Kalynn Bayron, Roseanne Brown, Derrick Chow & Zoraida Córdova

On Demand

Part I: In The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron, Malika “Boog” Wilson is determined to save her missing friend, which might mean admitting vampires weren’t wiped out after all, but if their town needs protection from the undead, Boog knows who to call. in Zoraida Córdova’s new book, nothing about Valentina Salazar has ever been “normal” […]

“Rivalries & Responsibilities”: B. B. Alston & Julie C. Dao

On Demand

B. B. Alston returns to his Supernatural Investigations trilogy with Amari and the Great Game. Between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to become its new leader, […]

Yarrow & Carrie Cheney on Superworld: Save Noah: Middle Grade Fiction

On Demand

Husband-and-wife creative team Yarrow and Carrie Cheney join forces to present Superworld: Save Noah, a new series that breaks the mold with gorgeous black-and-white art on every page, and a cinematic, blockbuster feel. Every 12-year-old kid feels like they don’t fit in sometimes – but Noah takes it to a whole new level. When a meteor […]

Mary Pope Osborne on Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House: Middle Grade Fiction

On Demand

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestselling series with Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House, which offers heartfelt advice from beloved creator Mary Pope Osborne’s own childhood and her magical adventures with Jack and Annie – perfect for Magic Tree House fans of all ages! Look for heroes, […]

It Takes Two: Graphic Novels on Family & Friendship

On Demand

In Just Roll With It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie and Veronica Agarwal, Maggie just wants to get through her first year of middle school, but she’s having a tough time navigating new friendships, after-school clubs, and the rumored monster on school grounds. Jennifer L. Holm and Savanna Ganucheau join forces in the graphic novel adaptation of […]

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Virtual Pachanga: The Middle-Grade Fantasy Edition

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In Chantel Acevedo’s Muse Squad #2: The Mystery of the Tenth, Callie is finally getting the hang of being one of the nine muses of Greek mythology, when she gets news of an unprecedented tenth. In Donna Barba Higuera’s The Last Cuentista, Petra wakes on a new planet, the only person who remembers the Earth, […]

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Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists

On Demand

Get ready for a fun presentation that will help your kids learn about science and history in an engaging, exciting way! Writer M.J. Fievre, illustrator Kim Balacuit, and host Thomas B. Logan will take your child on an adventure, traveling through time to meet some of the historical Black trailblazers who have impacted the world […]

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Three Writers on History, Hardship & Healing

On Demand

In Ruth Behar’s Letters from Cuba, a Jewish girl escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, where she works to rescue the rest of her family. Twenty years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero but he still has to navigate grief, identity, and stand up for what’s right […]

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Soman Chainani Presents Beasts & Beauty: Dangerous Tales

On Demand

You think you know these stories, don’t you? You are wrong. You don’t know them at all. Twelve tales, 12 dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life … and death. […]

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