Ten recommendations for fans of the mega-popular dueling-animals series.

Conventional wisdom says award winners are published in the fall, but reality tells a different story.

Freshly updated and ready to make you an expert on the most prestigious award in children's literature.

These recommendations should tide over fans of Jeff Kinney’s laugh-out-loud illustrated novels until the next installment.

Ten recommendations for fans of Mary Pope Osborne’s time-travel chapter book series.

A first look at the cover for THIS IS A THEATER by John Schu and Jaime Kim.

A first look at the cover for THIS IS A THEATER by John Schu and Jaime Kim.

10 books I'm looking forward to this spring!

Sharing 2026 books from past American Indian Youth Literature Award winners!

When I was a kid, Roald Dahl was my favorite author. Dude pretty much turned me into a reader. I’ve written about my pre-internet quest to find every last one of his books. I wanted to ride in the gre...

Rounding up 2026 books from past Printz Medal and Honor winners.

British writer Michael Rosen has won the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, while Chinese illustrator Cai Gao has won the award for Illustration.

The recent discovery of an unpublished work by a children's literature icon has readers around the world taking notice.

A roundup of 2026 books from past Coretta Scott King winners!

2026 books from past Pura Belpré Medal and Honor winners!

2026 books from past Geisel Award/Honor winners!

Let's actually try to answer this question.

I know it’s (barely) getting to be spring, but I’m getting antsy. I want to see all the 2026 books from past award winners. So I went out and rounded them up. There are so many great-looking books in ...

Rounding up 2026 books from past Newbery Medal and Honor winners!

What truly makes a picture book? If a Caldecott committee deems it so, is that enough? We asked our guests for a

We talk today with the often imitated (and never replicated) Jon Klassen about why, precisely, he's been so drawn to the board book form recently (and what it has to give).

Here are five beloved books that will see graphic novel adaptations in 2025.

Every year, after the Youth Media Awards are finished, I kick myself. Why? Because I wished I had taken screenshots of the Amazon sales rankings for some of the contenders so I could compare the befor...

At the 2026 Youth Media Awards, author Candace Fleming became the first person to receive the Children’s Literature Legacy Award and the Margaret A. Edwards Award in the same year. In addition, her bo...

Taking a look at upcoming books by our new Caldecott Medal and Honor winners.

Here's the full roster of the new ALA YMA winners (Newbery, Caldecott, etc.) including a collection of behind-the-scenes info with interviews, videos, and reviews of some of the titles.

Travis: Back in June, I talked with author/illustrator Zeke Peña about his beautiful new picture book, SUNDUST. In this episode, Zeke talks about the unique way SUNDUST was created, and his unconventi...