Diverse children’s books are important for children of color. They offer them visibility, relatability, and vital moments of representation—but they’re important for all children, too. In a country as ...

As parents, it may feel overwhelming when young learners come to you with tough questions, especially those about differences they notice in themselves or others. A 2020 study published in the Journal ...

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book highlighting a ritual for natural hair, a middle grade novel ...

The loss of a pet can be devastating. These children’s books explore grief, memory, and healing through stories kids can ...

Children’s books are bodies of work that thrive on specificity. With just the right use of humor, wit, and alliteration, authors like Theodor Seuss Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Margaret Atwood, among ...

Welcome to our spring 2025 Children’s Preview issue! Authors and publishers discuss how they’re keeping up with the ever-shifting social media landscape. Editors share stories about the most ...

Back when I first published this list in 2017, my two daughters were just 3 years and 7 months old. Now somehow I find myself the mom of an 11-year-old and an 8-year-old who have largely outgrown ...

Challenging the norms, one book at a time. For two years I spent my Fridays with an incredible young girl who I met through The Pyjama Foundation – an organisation that pairs children in foster care ...

Cuyahoga County Public Library librarians noticed children’s titles dominated 2025’s most borrowed books list.

Lorrie Cranor influenced what you know about digital privacy. Now she’s aiming for preschoolers. The Carnegie Mellon University professor helped pioneer an internet misery benchmark that tallied the ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...