Fantasy can be a difficult genre for beginners to penetrate, and in a sense, that’s fitting. The foundations of the genre rely on invention and reinvention, pushing boundaries, and infusing the known with the unknown. Where do you even begin when the worlds are unfamiliar (and sprawling), and you can’t fight your way through the […]
Look into the fire, child. Tonight (today?) you shall come to know your spirit book. Yes, your spirit book. It is the book that guides you when you feel lost. It is the book that lives inside your soul. If a single book can be your own personal Burning Man music festival, the results of […]
Choosing a pet is one of life’s most critical decisions. Dog? Cat? Bird? Horse? Teacup pig? Books have been written on the subject. In fact, a highly anticipated one drops this week: Dr. Seuss’s long-lost, just-found What Pet Should I Get?. Being guided through this life-changing decision by the master of whimsy seems like a wise move. In […]
If any musician understood the importance of storytelling and characters, it was David Bowie. Over the course of his career, Bowie reinvented himself again and again, with new personas that told new stories, and albums that were as catchy as they were conceptual. Whether we’re talking about his celebrated sci-fi-inspired persona Ziggy Stardust, or his iconic […]
Today on the B&N Kids blog, authors extraordinaire Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs–the amazing team behind the new middle grade fantasy The Darkdeep–join us to share some of their inspirations for the book, an old school adventure about a ragtag group of kids who team up to find their missing friend Nico, lost on an […]