NEARER MY FREEDOM: An Interview and 2023 Cover Reveal with Lesley Younge

When the history of the online world of children’s literature and children’s literary scholarship is recorded decades from now, one hopes that the contributions of my friend Monica Edinger, educator, blogger, teacher, and author, will be mentioned prominently. Those of you familiar with her educating alice blog know that it was always a high point of any reader’s feed.

In late 2021 Monica suffered a stroke. Her last entry on her blog spoke of a new book project. She wrote, “I am working on a...