By: Sydney Spangler Earlier this year, I picked up a novel titled "Magic Lessons" not realizing that it would be a journey I would later...

By: Sydney Spangler Hello, Coastal Bend readers! We've put together a list of books that are new and upcoming this year. Each book is...

By: Sydney Spangler Visibility for books written by trans authors has increased in the past few years, but sometimes it feels as if that...

By: Sydney Spangler Don't lose heart. That's the motto that keeps Cutie Grackle going as she faces the impossible. Cutie is a 10-year-old...

By: Sydney Spangler When I was a kid, I spent a lot of time in libraries. My dad would load up his red 1999 Ford Explorer and take me to...

By: Sydney Spangler It was safest to cross the ocean at night, when the moon and stars shone on the water. At least, that's what Jack had...

By: Sydney Spangler Full of wealth, wonder, and a history of dark secrets, M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux weave together a story that...

By: Sydney Spangler In a world where magic proves dangerous, an unwilling dark sorceress must defy her destiny to save her fellow...

By: Sydney Spangler When I was younger, it was a common sight to find my head in between the pages of a book. I was always reading. Books...

By: Sydney Spangler Idyllic, simple, and an appreciation of the everyday — “Frog and Toad: Storybook Treasury” shows us the minute...