With summer vacation in full swing, PW spoke with three educators who are hosting summer book clubs for students and/or fellow staffers.

This spring, for the 27th year, the city of Cambridge, Mass., awarded poetry prizes to a worthy group of aspiring poets in grades K–8.

In her new picture book, 'All the Ways We Learn,' author and former teacher Chloe Ito Ward pulls from her classroom experiences to celebrate neurodiversity and the many ways that children learn and grow.

In a reverent intergenerational narrative, Chung and Gonzales highlight reciprocal acts that functionally support an extended fa...

The Jewish memorial candle, “tucked in a glass cup” and lit on the anniversary of a loved one’s death, illuminates Ho and Ben Am...

A tiger-obsessed fifth grader finds purpose—and peril—awaiting him abroad in this absorbing eco-conscious adventure. Eleven-year...

A Chinese immigrant to the U.S., whose name graces a popular cherry, is imagined in folkloric terms across this inventive pictur...

St. Jude (If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come) dazzles with a layered, cathartic story about a transgender teen’s discovery of a magical li...

Jours examines a young rabbit’s first steps toward independence in a tender solo debut. Just like the Mexican street candy with ...

Hamdy (Lissa) and El Mir deliver a moving graphic novel that deftly explores a college student’s experience charting her own pat...

Two siblings make sense of a fragile world in an insightful picture book debut from Palazzola that’s set around a clutch of frog...

The paths of a changeling and the girl whose life she unknowingly stole unexpectedly collide in this spirited enemies-to-lovers ...

High-octane historical thriller meets cinematic narrative nonfiction in an arresting offering from Barone (Mountains of Fire) th...

Lukens (Love at Second Sight) skillfully blends a cozy adventure with a pensive exploration of perception and heroism in this te...

A pale-skinned, dark-haired young narrator presents a literary volume of “lasts” in Hurme’s affecting picture book. Via a scrapb...

Via distinctive and emotionally resonant verse, Adams crafts an evocative story about identity, devotion, and belonging. Sevente...

Attentiveness underpins Hrab and Martz’s celebration of life’s countless liminal stages: “Sometimes/ we notice these spaces,/ an...