Book Chat Premiere: The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket, ill. Matthew Forsythe

On occasion I will do a presentation that encapsulates the history of children’s literature on social media. It’s fairly simple. You start with listservs, move on to blogs, work in the rise of Twitter, and then close with a variety of examples of children’s books (or YA, though that’s a different animal for the most part) that have come under fire. To the last point, my go-to titles are probably all familiar to you. A Birthday Cake for George Washington. A Fine Dessert. There Is a Tribe of Ki...