Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s currently a freelance writer and editor, and in addition to Book Riot, her pieces have appeared in School Library Journal, BuzzFeed News, The Lily, Parents, StarTrek.com, and more. She particularly loves children’s books, fantasy, science fiction, horror, graphic novels, and any books with disabled characters. You can read more about her bookish and parenting shenanigans in Book Riot’s twice-weekly The Kids Are All Right newsletter. You can also follow her kidlit bookstagram account @BabyLibrarians, or on Twitter @AReaderlyMom.
Fairytales don't need to be sexist. In fact, in the hands of the right storyteller, fairytales for children can be feminist and reflect modern values.
Get out your misogyny slicing swords and your anti-sexist sorceress robes, because these feminist YA fantasy books are ready to crush the patriarchy.
These children's books about grandparents show all the ways grandparents are special, from city-hopping nanas to gardening grandpas.
The 2019 Hugo Award finalists have been announced, and the list is gorgeous and full of award-worthy authors and books. Highlight: women SFF writers rock.
Rioters share their best comic book reads from Jan-March 2019.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon are developing an Amazon adaptation of WILD SEED, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu.
The type of book doesn't matter. Where I'm reading it doesn't matter. I can feel the wetness begin to form on the last page. Am I...crying?
