Eager For It: P. Djèlí Clark Discusses His Summertime Fantasy Release, Abeni’s Song

Seeing a wide range of voices in our children’s literature is not a trend. It’s a necessity. What is a trend? Well, let’s look at fantasy novels as our example today. How many books in 2023 alone have you seen that still use that old Harry Potter model for writing out titles? Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom. Lei and the Fire Goddess. Nic Blake and the Remarkables. Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind (that one’s at least a little different). And those are just the books that got K...