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Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?

Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?

Jess deCourcy Considers the Staying Power of Green Eggs and Ham

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | August 12, 2025

School Librarian Memoirs May Just Be the Next Big Thing

School Librarian Memoirs May Just Be the Next Big Thing

Jess DeCourcy Hinds on Book Bans Across the Nation, Educators' Fights Against Threats, and the Future of Library Access

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | August 11, 2023

What Banned Books Can Teach Us: Building an LGBTQ Picture Book Library for Pride

What Banned Books Can Teach Us: Building an LGBTQ Picture Book Library for Pride

Jess deCourcy Hinds on Finding Stories For Her Queer Family

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | June 1, 2023

In Honor of International Women’s Day: 8 Ways to Love <em>Little Women</em>

In Honor of International Women’s Day: 8 Ways to Love Little Women

Jess deCourcy Hinds on a Lifetime of Reading the Girlhood Classic

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | March 10, 2023

How to Love a Writer: On the Care and Feeding of a Creative Marriage

How to Love a Writer: On the Care and Feeding of a Creative Marriage

Jess deCourcy Hinds Wonders How Literary Couples Make It Work

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | February 14, 2023

How Can Literary Spaces Support Neurodivergent Readers and Writers?

How Can Literary Spaces Support Neurodivergent Readers and Writers?

Jess deCourcy Hinds on Creating Inclusive Places for Everyone

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | February 2, 2023

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Chocolate, Books, and More Books: Could America Even Handle Iceland’s Traditional Christmas “Book Flood”?

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | December 23, 2022

It’s a Wonderful, Weird Life: Writers Recommend Their Favorite Holiday Movies

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | December 19, 2022

Writers Wrestle with Twitter: Do I Stay or Go (and Where?)

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | November 14, 2022

This Is Not a Drill: How to Go Into Lockdown in a School Library

This Is Not a Drill: How to Go Into Lockdown in a School Library

Jess deCourcy Hinds Describes an All Too Familiar Scene

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | October 26, 2022

75 Years of <em>Goodnight Moon</em>: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic

75 Years of Goodnight Moon: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic

Jess de Courcy Hinds on Margaret Wise Brown’s Beloved Book

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | October 14, 2022

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

Jess deCourcy Hinds on the Most Popular School Supply of All Time

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 19, 2022

Calculating Losses: How to Close a High School Library for Summer Vacation

Calculating Losses: How to Close a High School Library for Summer Vacation

Jess deCourcy Hinds on Taking Stock of More Than Just Books

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | July 8, 2022

How to Reopen a High School Library 18 Months After a Pandemic Closure

How to Reopen a High School Library 18 Months After a Pandemic Closure

Jess deCourcy Hinds on the Joys and Aches of Re-Entry

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | November 9, 2021

Every Book Tour Should Include a Public School

Every Book Tour Should Include a Public School

On Making High Schools Into True Literary Spaces

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 4, 2018