Two-time Newbery Honor author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley reflects on the need for more equity and diversity in the world of equestrian sports, and the origins of her new middle grade series, Ride On.

Online shopping for Ages 9-12: Amazon Books Editors at Amazon.com

By Heather Camlot Creating illustrated books is kind of funny if you think about it. An author and illustrator share a vision and credit, but they don’t usually meet or speak—never mind work together....

Titles from Toni Morrison, Larissa Pham, Camonghne Felix, Han Kang, and Tayari Jones are among the most anticipated

A young girl is troubled by an annoyingly persistent cloud.

The 2026 USBBY Outstanding International Books (OIB) page showcases the annual curated list of exceptional international children’s and young adult books selected by the United States Board on Books f...

After the year we’ve had, there’s no predicting anything about the year that’s to come. But whatever else might be fated to happen (to us) in 2026, there will definitely be books,…

In this series opener, a neglected horse becomes the lifeline an 11-year-old didn’t know she needed.

Amazon.com: The Afterlife of Holly Chase: 9781538457467: Cynthia Hand: Books

Caring adults support a Muscogee child’s development.

Best Books 2025, Best Picture Books, Sara Andrea Fajardo, Corey R. Tabor, Neil Sharpson, Yuko Ohnari, Koshiro Hata, Jashar Awan, Matthew Burgess, Joy Harjo, Brian Floca, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Lind...

Among the many voices bringing contemporary Indigenous stories to young readers in North America, one narrative has been conspicuous in its absence. By that I mean stories of relationships between Nat...

The Candymakers - Kindle edition by Mass, Wendy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Candymakers.

A travel journalist takes a work trip to Iceland with the photographer who broke her heart years ago.

Courage reaches very directly to the heart of why I write. It’s not easy navigating the teen years.

Here are the new Canadian picture books and early chapter books that we can't wait to read this fall.

A teen adrift in a sea of loneliness is drawn into a mystery surrounding her dysfunctional family’s fortune.

The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, chil...

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There will be more Dark Winds on AMC.The network has renewed the thriller for a fourth season with Zahn McClarnon set to make his directorial debut.

Following a car accident that killed their mothers, cousins Ruby and Sterling Vossen haven’t spoken for almost a year, forbidden...

The titular food truck’s imagined travels link the entries in this anthology by celebrated and up-and-coming Native authors.

Because of school redistricting, shy Theodosia “Bunny” Baxter starts seventh grade at a different middle school than her best fr...

I invited Lee Wardlaw to give us a sneak peek into her new poetry book, My Book of Firsts: Poems Celebrating a Baby's Milestones illustrated...

I can’t remember the first Raymond Carver story I read. “Cathedral” is a safe bet, but I can’t be sure. I only remember that, in my early twenties, when I began dreaming of a writing life in earnes…

The Nature Generation is a 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit that inspires and empowers youth to make a difference. Home of the Green Earth Book Award.

In this popular Q&A series, SLJ poses five questions and a request for a book recommendation to a debut YA author. Adina King shares about 'The House No One Sees' in this latest installment.

CCBC Choices is a best-of-the-year list created annually by the librarians of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center and published by the Friends of the CCBC, Inc. CCBC Choices 2019, recommending 258 ...