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2025 Carnegie Medal Finalist Preview
PBS Books and Booklist Reader highlight the six 2024 Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Awards.
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Filmmaker Talk with Zach OHora – Carl the Collector
Join PBS Books as we meet the newest member of the PBS Kids Family Carl the Collector and all his friends with show creator, author and illustrator Zach OHora. This new series, which premiered last fall, is the first PBS Kids program to center on a neurodiverse character. Learn more about Carl and all his adventures while celebrating the diverse way kids think and express themselves. About the Author Zachariah OHora Illustrator, Author & Creator “Carl the Collector” New York Times best-selling illustrator and author Zachariah OHora is creator and executive producer of “Carl the Collector,” which is produced [...]
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PBS Books Readers Club – “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt
About the Book Dazzling and unexpected, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel, REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES (Ecco; On-sale: May 3, 2022; ISBN: 9780063204157), is set over the course of a summer in a fictional town on Puget Sound. This is a witty and warm tale of a widow’s friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium—and the truths she finally uncovers about her son’s disappearance thirty years ago. Tova Sullivan began mopping floors and tidying up on the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium after her husband died. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which [...]
