The American Library Association (ALA) announced the 2021 Youth Media Awards on Monday. We’re so pleased to share our titles selected as top books for children and young adults. 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor Book • Lifting As We Climb by Evette Dionne Sydney Taylor Book Award Gold Medalist in the Young…

Created for healthcare workers, paramedics, police, and firefighters, “Self-Care and Mindful Resilience for First Responders” consists of eight distinct modules that introduce and teach mindfulness, insight, compassion, guided imagery, and breath work. The goal of compassion-based training is to ensure that first responders limit their exposure to trauma, fatigue, and burnout. This course provides them with tools to combat these potential outcomes of prolonged work in their environment, and it can help them recenter and balance if they are in the midst of experiencing these reactions.

The Wizard King Trilogy | Book One, After nearly eight centuries, the last wizard king seeks a return to Tralodren. But doing so requires the manipulation of a band of mercenaries oblivious to his goals.

The gladiator sold his soul for revenge. The knight’s a bigot. The dwarf only cares about regaining his honor. Even the wizardess seems too bookish for anyone’s good. But they’ve all been hired by a blind seer and his assistant to retrieve some forgotten knowledge long hidden away in a jungle-strangled ruin.

“Self-Care for Turbulent Times” is part 1 of 4 in Shelly Tygielski’s new workshop series. Narrated by the author, this workshop will provide you with a practical roadmap to apply main pillars of self-care and community care in your life, relieving stress, cultivating resilience and creating space for peace even in the most unprecedented and difficult times.

Find out how the song “Jolene” came to be directly from Dolly Parton herself. An excerpt from Dolly Parton, Songteller—out on audio November 17, 2020. Preorder here

Andy Serkis’ reading of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is now available! You can order the audiobook here.

(Photo Credit: Todd Heisler) In The Wolf’s Mother Speaks, Ben Dolnick takes listeners on an unforgettable, hauntingly funny journey alongside a mother whose love takes many forms. A mother (Joyce) finds out a secret about her estranged adult son, namely that he regularly turns completely into a wolf. No, not a werewolf half-man half-wolf creature, but a…

Dolly Parton, Songteller is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend. As told by Dolly Parton in her own inimitable words, Dolly Parton, Songteller explores the songs—and the stories behind them—that have defined her journey. Mining over 60 years of songwriting, Dolly Parton highlights nearly 100 of her…

Go inside the studio with Andy Serkis as he recorded The Hobbit—audiobook releases September 21 and is available to preorder now!