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The article discusses topics derived from the author's keynote address at the periodical Horn Book at Simmons Colloquium, "Out of the Box," on October 1, 2016. It mentions that writers for the young are often polymaths. It also reveals difficulty for writers to switch from mystery to science fiction to domestic realism.

An interview with author Dan Yaccarino is presented. Topics discussed include her graphic-novel format would be the perfect way to tell the story, science fiction access for kids and how surveillance is creeping into the world, and adults are capable of critical thinking and fighting against the book bans.

This article is focused on the English science fiction and fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. The author comments on the experience of editing "The Graveyard Book," a children's book written by Gaiman that received the 2009 Newbery Medal literary award. She remarks on various other books written by Gaiman, including "Odd and the Frost Giants," "Coraline," and "The Sandman."

The author talks about positive changes in young adult literature. She emphasizes the growth of the young adult publishing market and provides a discussion on science fiction and fantasy publishing. Several books are mentioned, including "Owl in Love," by Patrice Kindl, "Dunk," by David Lubar, and "America," by E. R. Frank.

The article presents the author's analysis of the "Animorphs" book series. According to the author, the "Animorphs" series has helped increase the popularity of the science fiction genre for children due to a mixture of hi-tech Bug fighter ships, squishable bugs, and childhood dreams of flying and talking to animals.

The article looks at the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, a resource for librarians, teachers, and scholars that contains original illustrations and manuscripts created by hundreds of children's book authors and illustrators. The collection, named after Dr. Lena Young de Grummond, contains works from Kate Greenaway, Randolph Caldecott, and Caldecott-Medal-winning author-illustrator Ezra Jack Keats.

A personal narrative is presented which explores author's experience of love to magic, science fiction and creating children's books.

An interview with author Shaun David Hutchinson is presented who discusses his book "At the Edge of the Universe." He mentions about his interest in writing Science fiction for exploring human emotions rather than contemporary fiction, his work for removing stereotypical character narratives, and writing roles for heterosexual characters.

An obituary for science-fiction author John Christopher (Christopher Samuel Youd) is presented.