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Check out our comprehensive A-to-Z listings of publishers’ spring offerings for kids and teens, and more, in our Spring Announcements issue.

/PRNewswire/ -- Meredith Corporations (NYSE: MDP) PARENTS released the 13th annual list of Best Childrens Books, recognizing the 30 top new reads for every...

/PRNewswire/ -- Meredith Corporations (NYSE: MDP) PARENTS released the 13th annual list of Best Childrens Books, recognizing the 30 top new reads for every...

MSU Extension and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will host a webinar highlighting how county fairs, animal exhibitions and agri-tourism operations can access resources to help them mitigate the risk of zoonotic disease.

And gains Greystone Kids Inside in: X-Rays of Nature’s Hidden World by Jan Paul Schutten, illus. by Arie Van ‘t Riet, trans. by Laura Watkinson (Oct. 12, $19.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-679-6), provides a look at creatures and their natural habitats using x-ray techniques and photographs. Ages 2–7. How Beautiful by Antonella Capetti, illus. by Melissa Castrillon (Nov. 2, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-853-0). A curious caterpillar searches for the true meaning of the word beautiful. Ages 4–8. Lit...

Emergency response to accidents involving livestock D2L online course offered by MSU Extension Accidents involving livestock occur throughout Michigan and preparing first responders to effectively respond to these accidents is the goal of the MSU Extension D2L online training course. First responders, law enforcement officials, animal control officials, and members of the livestock industry will benefit from this virtual training that provides them with the information and tools needed to resp...

Photo provided by Authors in April ‘Authors in April’ celebrates graphic novel authors and illustrators this May This year’s authors will come to town May 24-28. Photo provided by Authors in April Author Kirby Larson speaks with fourth and fifth grade students during a 2019 Authors in April visit. Photo provided by Authors in April Advertisement ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Through the magic of books, the Rochester-based Authors in April program has been connecting child...

Guide to the 2021 Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival Another year, another Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF). But for the second year in a row, the festival will operate virtually. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman, the founder of the popular event, spoke to MyMCM about what to expect at this year’s Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival: The Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival begins Saturday, May 1 and there will be activities for four consecutive weeks. All author discussions (listed below) will pre...

What to know about official identification for exhibition swine in 2021 April 1, 2021 Breeders, exhibitors, county fairs and exhibitions need to know these changes in acquiring official identification for show pigs. Photo by Phil Roeder, CC BY 2.0 With the 2021 show season just around the corner, there are some important changes regarding swine tagging that breeders, exhibitors, county fairs and exhibitions must know. Public Act 466 (Animal Industry Act) requires pigs shown at fairs, exhibition...

I read 1,000 picture books. Here’s what I learned. Some people assume that children’s books are not for an intelligent audience because they are written for the young. Though kids books can be funny, silly or simple, they contain truths. The more profoundly simple that truth is, the more people of all ages can learn from it. This year, I read 1,000 different picture books while researching the children’s literary market. I was astounded at how many books contained messages that a...