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 ...

The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) announced the release of four new NSTA Kids™ titles designed to build literacy skills and excite young readers and inspire real-world scientific ...

The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you our favorite books of 2025, mythical tales for Percy Jackson fans, the year’s best picture books, thrilling middle grade mysteries, great books ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...

We speak with several YA authors who are venturing into adult fiction for the first time. Plus we’ve got a selection of the season’s biggest titles for kids and teens. Self-described Luddite Kevin ...

Children love stories about enchanted lands full of magical beings. Nothing transports us to enchanted lands quite as powerfully as music does. Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that ...

Picture books are not usually the stuff of Supreme Court rulings. But on Friday, a majority of justices ruled that parents have a right to opt their children out of lessons that offend their religious ...

Parents in Maryland say they have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed. By Adam Liptak Reporting from ...