Alan Michael Gratz is the author of 19 novels for young adults including Prisoner B-3087, Code of Honor, Grenade, Something Rotten, Ground Zero, Refugee, and Two Degrees.

His latest book is "War Games (2025)."

For more information about Alan Gratz: https://www.alangratz.com/

To purchase "War Games": https://amzn.to/3NxdhBC

For more information about Book Flood Podcast: https://bookfloodpodcast.com

Today is a Book Birthday! Nikki Shannon Smith is the author and Don Tate is the illustrator of "Prince: A Little Golden Book Biography."

You can purchase the book at: https://amzn.to/45scZC6

For information about Nikki Shannon Smith: https://nikkishannonsmith.com/home-page

For information about Don Tate: https://dontate.com/

For information about the Book Flood Podcast: https://bookfloodpodcast.com

Dr. Steve Tetreault is a school library media specialist for a 7-8 middle school that is part of a 7-12 complex building. In addition to being the school library media specialist for the middle school, he helps manage the collection for the high school.

Steve is the creator of the School Librarian Learning Network.

For more information about Steve Tetreault: http://drtlovesbooks.com

For more information about Book Flood Podcast: https://bookfloodpodcast.com

Meg Medina is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author. Her latest book is Graciela in the Abyss. She is also the 2324 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

To purchase books by Meg Medina: https://amzn.to/45cPg8P

For more information on Meg Medina: https://megmedina.com

For more information on Book Flood Podcast: https://BookFloodPodcast.com

To contact BFP: info@bookfloodpodcast.com

Sam Helmick is the president of the American Library Association and in their professional life, they are the community and access services coordinator for Iowa City Public Library.

To find more information about Sam Helmick: https://samforlibraries.com/

To find more information about the American Library Association: https://ala.org

To find more information about the Book Flood Podcast: https://bookfloodpodcast.com

New York Times best-selling author Matt Tavares has created another in his series of "Dasher" books called "Dasher and the Polar Bear (2025)." Matt is the author and/or illustrator of more than 20 books.

You can purchase "Dasher and the Polar Bear" on Amazon here (for which we will receive a small amount of funds): https://amzn.to/48wnSDB

You can find more information on Matt Tavares here: http://matttavares.com

You can find the Book Flood Podcast here: http://bookfloodpodcast.com

Amanda Jones is the author of "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America (2025)." Here Amanda discusses the changes in the revised version and reminds us of the importance of the fight against book banning.

You can purchase the book here on Amazon (and we receive a tiny bit of funds for you doing so): https://amzn.to/4rGvAUK

You can find Amanda Jones on the internet here: https://thatlibrarian.com

Varsha Bajaj (https://amzn.to/42IBf2v) is the New York Times bestselling author of the middle grade novel, Thirst. (Nancy Paulsen books, 2022). Thirst was a Global Read Aloud (2022-23), on the Bluebonnet list (2023-24) many state lists, received starred reviews and was translated into several languages. Her other middle grade novels include Count Me In, and Abby Spencer goes to Bollywood. She had the privilege of helping to create and write the books for the American Girl doll, Kavi Sharma, It’s Showtime Kavi.

Varsha also writes picture books. Her latest picture book is called A Garland of Henna. Varsha has new picture books and a middle grade novel coming in 2025-2026.

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Amazon: A Garden of Henna

Amazon: Thirst