Beth Fish Reads

As you know, I’m a huge fan of serious nonfiction written for younger readers, but you might not know why. First, I don’t think kids need t...

When I was in elementary and middle school, serious science nonfiction geared to my age group that was engaging, accessible, and informati...

Imagine that when you were just an infant, your father, the royal mapmaker, disappeared on the same day that two young princes of your isl...

Happy almost October. I am so ready for sweater weather and hearty dinners. Although the temperatures still say summer, the leaves are sta...

I am a lifelong nonfiction lover. When I was a kid, I read a lot of biographies, mostly because there weren't very many accessible scie...

The other day I was in one of those rare states of being in between both print/digital and audiobooks. When I was thinking about what to r...

What's your favorite escape reading? Do you turn to a steamy romance, light women's fiction, or a heart-thudding spy thriller? I...

There's good news and bad news on the reading front. A long holiday weekend doesn't stop me from working, and my spare time is spe...

Here's a little-known fact about me: when I was in junior high, I saved all my baby-sitting, birthday, and holiday money to buy a good...

In this day and age when facts are called into question, it’s more important than ever to encourage and support youngsters who want to know...

Last week was insanely crazy with work. I had editing deadlines and writing deadlines all piled up on each other. But I still managed to fi...