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Coloring Without Borders — a book featuring contributions from more than 80 artists — invites kids to fill in the blanks. Young artists can draw a friend for Jim Field's Squirrel (left) or finish Max Ulichney's house (right).

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Book 'Without Borders' By 80+ Artists Lets Kids Color Outside The Lines

7:49am December 24, 2018

by Noel King

Children are invited to use their imaginations to fill in the blanks in Coloring Without Borders. The bilingual book was created to help immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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An Argument Against Life Sentences, Especially For Juvenile Defendants

8:01am December 23, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Robert Holbrook, who was given a life sentence, and Ashley Nellis, co-author of the book "The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences."

The map to college for adults is non-linear.

In 'Never Too Late,' Finally, A Guide For Adults Going To College

6:00am December 23, 2018

by Elissa Nadworny

There are hundreds of books about picking the best college. But let's face it: Most of them are written for high schoolers. A new book offers a roadmap for older students.

Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess' That Inform His Music

1:40pm December 21, 2018

by Terry Gross

Wainwright's music centers on family, and how we hurt and heal each other. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1992 and '17 about his life as a husband, father and son. His new Netflix special is Surviving Twin.

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Creator Taneka Stotts holds a copy of her Eisner Award-winning anthology Elements: Fire.

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'We Are Here': Questions For Comics Creator Taneka Stotts

7:00am December 21, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Taneka Stotts is a powerhouse comics creator and editor, and a persistent voice for change in the industry. Her anthology, Elements: Fire won an Eisner Award at San Diego Comic-Con in July.

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From Slavery To 'American Wonder': Revisiting Frederick Douglass' Remarkable Life

1:40pm December 17, 2018

by Dave Davies

Historian David Blight's new biography describes Douglass' escape from slavery, his passionate leadership in the abolitionist movement and his gift as a writer and orator.

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In the story "The Mole and the Sun," Mole's mother is sick. A medical seer tells him she will recover if his friend Ya Sun can orbit the earth in the opposite direction that it's rotating. The sobering moral is that you can't go against the rules of natur

Magical Photos Bring Fables From Mbomo To Life

9:53am December 17, 2018

by Rachel D. Cohen

The fables were gathered from people in the Congo Basin and illustrated with a touch of magical realism in the new book Congo Tales: Told By The People Of Mbomo.

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In 'The Dakota Winters,' Finding A New Story To Tell About John Lennon

8:01am December 15, 2018

by Scott Simon

Tom Barbash's new novel is set in the famed Manhattan apartment house where Lennon spent the last year of his life — and where, in this telling, he befriends a washed-up talk show host and his son.

Illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi based The Broken Ornament's Christmas fairy Tinsel on his wife, Angela, who helped with the book.

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This 'Broken Ornament' Led To Christmas Magic

4:22pm December 13, 2018

by Lynn Neary

Award-winning illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi got the idea for his new children's book when his own daughter accidentally dropped a beloved Christmas ornament, and he made up a story to comfort her. W

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Code Switch's 2018 Book Guide

10:08am December 12, 2018

We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holiday season.

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