Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...
The Twelve by Liz Hyder (Pushkin Press) On holiday in Wales, Kit’s younger sister vanishes, along with all trace that she ever existed. Only fellow teenager, local boy Story, remembers her.
But not if you live in one of the U.S. communities where local school boards or state officials have cast certain books as scary monsters that harm children with words and ideas. Organized ...