Fast Facts – Cupcakes About, 770,000,000 cupcakes is eaten in the United State per year. The earliest description of a cupcake was in 1796, when a recipe for “a light cake to bake in small cups” was written in American Cookery by Amelia Simmons. The cupcake became popular in the 19th century, and it was revolutionary because…
This blog gives readers a chance to check out new and rising authors in Teen and Young Adult genres. We hope their work sparks inspiration and excitement. This month we meet Tochi Onyebuchi. Quick Facts@ Tochi Onyebuchi Writes Fiction/Science Fiction Tochi Onyebuchi was born in Massachusetts and raised in Connecticut His parents were Nigerian immigrants…
On-Screen With… focuses on popular authors whose books that have transcended into television or movies. This month’s featured author is Jenny Hann. Author at a Glance Jenny Han is the author of the best selling-series To All the Boys I Loved Before series To All The Boys I Loved Before was one of Netflix’s most re-watched…
I’d give you a cookie, but I ate it. -Cookie MOnster February is a time of LOVE! There is no better thing to love than COOKIES! Did you know that the word “cookie” comes from the Dutch “koekje,” meaning little cake. British people call them biscuits. One type of “cookie” originated in Persia in 7th…
Quick Facts @ Svetlana Chmakova Svetlana Chmakova is an internationally published, award-winning manga author Born and raised in Russia and moved to Canada at sixteen to finish high school Attended Sheridan College and received Classical Animation diploma Has more than a dozen published books; were translated into over 13 languages She is a full-time artist…
If you are interested in monsters that lurk from without or within, consider reading one of these books about things that live in the shadows! Not even bones (Market of Monsters #1) / Rebecca Schaeffer Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black…
