Last month, a famous children’s book author that I’ve mentioned here before, Jason Reynolds, released his latest title, ...

My Brother’s Keeper Newark, an initiative of Newark Opportunity Youth Networ, has announced its 2025 summer reading list, ...

Disney is developing the feature project Molina based on the New York Times best-selling autobiographical book Molina: The ...

Famous author stops in Upstate library 8 months after one of his books was banned After the Pickens Co. School Board voted to ban "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Jason Reynolds back in ...

STORY BEHIND THE BOOK Author Jason Reynolds creates his own Judy Blume book moment with young adult novel ‘Twenty-Four Seconds From Now’ ‘Whether they ban it or not, I’m going to do my job’ ...

JASON REYNOLDS: (Reading) I hope there ain't no snooze button on this moment. But if there is, and if Aria hits it and holds off this rise and shine, that's OK, too.

Jason Reynolds' new young adult novel opens in a bathroom where 17-year-old Neon Benton is nervous and fumbling while his girlfriend, Aria Wright, waits across the hall. His thoughts are racing.

JASON REYNOLDS: (Reading) I hope there ain't no snooze button on this moment. But if there is, and if Aria hits it and holds off this rise and shine, that's OK, too. If she wants to do this at a ...

His thoughts are racing. We ask the author to read from his book. JASON REYNOLDS: (Reading) I hope there ain't no snooze button on this moment.