Category: LBYR blog

Pick your STEM study and we’ll give you a book rec!

Some young readers LOVE monsters, and some young readers want to hide under the covers at the mere thought of a monster...

In celebration of Airlie Anderson’s ONLY, I built my very own Quiet Nest!

Choose an art style, medium, or movement that calls to you, and I’ll give you a book to read!

A. J. Sass’s Just Shy of Ordinary is here! I (Mara) was lucky to sit down with Andrew (over email) to discuss this book, the writing process, and more!

Read the 2024 ALA award winners from LBYR!

“Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone, But still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn’t grow under my heart but in it.” —Fleur Conkling Heyliger

What’s better than spending a few hours with your nearest and dearest friends? Spending a whole day—and night—with them!...

While I don’t celebrate Christmas, I do love the holiday season! I love the colorful lights and how it gets dark outside...

On the first day of Christmas, LBYR gave to meeeee…. Not one, not two, but SEVEN Christmas countdown books!...

As the days grow shorter, the nights grow colder, and I long for that fuzzy feeling of sitting by my family’s fireplace with a cup of tea and a good book...