Tackling Topics with Integrity and Heart: A Cover Reveal and Q&A with Kao Kalia Yang and Seo Kim

Each year in December I sum up some of the best books of the year in a series of posts called 31 Days, 31 Lists. Each list covers a different type of book for children. These topics have changed considerably over the years, but there is one in particular that is perhaps the most useful: Message Books. These are books that fulfill children’s books’ first purpose: To educate and inform. They are also some of the MOST difficult books to pull off. We’ve all seen preachy, didactic titles for kids...