- 2025 Mar 26
From the Guardian
Waterstones children’s book prizes are announced in the U.K.
From the New York Times
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, is confronting what executives have described as a "perfect storm" of problems.
From NPR
John Green cherishes life by writing about death.
From the New York Times
L.J. Smith, Author of Vampire Diaries Book Series, Dies at 66.
From Newsweek
“They are so crisp and in such good condition and the icing on the cake: they're all first edition." Thrift store enthusiast scores vintage R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books.
From the New York Times
Vandals of Paddington Statue Were 'Antithesis' of Beloved Bear, Judge Says.
From JSTOR Daily
A University of Virginia professor enlisted students to document the graffiti—profane, hopeful, despairing—left on library carrels by previous generations.
From Book Riot
Chic, Stylish, and Thought-Provoking Picture Books About Fashion.
- 2025 Mar 24
From the New York Times
Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding.
From the Denver Post
Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries.
From MPR News
The ACLU of Minnesota, along with the state's teachers' union, is suing a school district over its library book policy.
From CNN
Alabama board defunds local library for failing to protect teens from 'inappropriate' books.
From Locus
Vampire Diaries author L.J. Smith died on March 8, at age 66.
- 2025 Mar 19
From Variety
Hunger Games Producer Nina Jacobson on Sunrise on the Reaping Movie, Casting Young Haymitch and the Franchise's Legacy.
From the Guardian
Debut picture book author Wanda Gibson wins Australia's richest literary prize for her debut picture book Three Dresses.
From the New York Times
John Green Is Obsessed with Tuberculosis. His New Book Explains Why.
From LINK NKY
Blue Marble Books seeks new owner after over 40 years in business.
From Macaroni KID
Moon and Back, a children's bookstore, opens in West Medford, Mass.
From NPR
John Himmelman on his new collection of illustrated poems for children, The Boy Who Lived in a Shell.
From Book Riot
Middle Grade Graphic Novels About Crushes and First Kisses.
From HipLatina
16 Latinx Children's Books Coming in 2025.
- 2025 Mar 17
From the New York Times
The Pandemic Ruined High School for Them. They're Learning to Live Again.
From the Associated Press
Sunrise on the Reaping arrived at midnight for fans celebrating the release of the new Hunger Games novel.
From Variety
Sunrise Publisher on Why New Hunger Games Prequel Is Focused on Haymitch and If Finnick's Story Is Next.
From 25 News KXXV
Texas Senate Bill 13 would give school boards and parents more control over library book selections.
From Little Village
Schools in Waterloo, Iowa, withdrew first graders from a Black History Month book event, citing Trump orders. So locals organized an even bigger version.
From Tribeca Citizen
Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood will soon be adding a children's bookstore.
- 2025 Mar 12
From JewellRittman.com
Michael Cart, former director of the Beverly Hills Public Library, author, and longtime reviewer and columnist for Booklist, died on February 13.
From USA Today
We Need Diverse Books announces inaugural reading day on April 3.
From the Carnegies
2025 Carnegie Medal Shortlists Announced.
From the Observer
"Something magical is happening": sales boom for children's comics in U.K. creating young readers of the future.
From Time
Teaching LGBTQ Themes: Should SCOTUS Allow Parent Opt-Outs?
From Variety
The Summer I Turned Pretty to End with Season 3 at Amazon.
From Brightly
Inspiring Picture Book Biographies About Women in STEM.
- 2025 Mar 10
From NJ.com
A gay author's visit was quietly canceled by a New Jersey school district. Then parents and kids spoke up.
From the Salt Lake Tribune
Utah banned a 17th book from all public schools. Here’s what it's about.
From Literary Hub
Draw Me a Controversy: On the Banning of Beloved Children's Book Author Eric Carle.
From Harper's Bazaar
A First Look at Forever: How Mara Brock Akil Gave a Judy Blume Novel New Life.
From 100 Scope Notes
2025 Books from Caldecott Winners.
- 2025 Mar 05
From ABC News
President Trump is preparing an executive order to dissolve the Department of Education.
From Book Riot
The Complicated World of YA Books for Younger Teens.
From JSTOR Daily
Wizard of Oz adaptations extend beyond The Wiz and Wicked to the Soviet Union in the 1930s and Aleksandr Volkov's still popular Wizard of the Emerald City.
From Literary Hub
Quartez Harris on the lasting impact of Little Man, Little Man, James Baldwin’s children's book.
From the Daily Heller
"I was a fifth grader and a history geek when John Glenn flew his first orbital mission": Leonard S. Marcus on his new middle-grade book, Earthrise: The Story of the Photograph That Changed the Way We See Our Planet.
From Literary Hub
Allegra Goodman and Emma Donoghue on Writing Stories Inspired by Their Kids (and Their Books).
From 100 Scope Notes
The 2025 Unicorn Report: Rounding up the year's unicorn books.
- 2025 Mar 03
From Mercury News
Teenagers sue California city over children's book review board, restricted access to books.
From the Washington Post
“Children's picture books are a glorious art form,” writes National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett.
From People
Peter Brown Teases the Future of The Wild Robot Series.
From the Wall Street Journal
WSJ's children's reviewer Meghan Cox Gurdon names her 20 Best Children's Books of the Past 20 Years.
From People
Stuart Gibbs's Space Case Explores Dark Side of the Moon.
From New England Public Media
Low-number Dr. Seuss license plates head to auction, with starting prices up to $25K.
From 100 Scope Notes
2025 Books from Newbery Winners.
- 2025 Feb 26
From KVUE News
Black-owned bookstore in Austin works to provide books banned in Texas schools and libraries.
From Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa bill would strip state funds from public libraries based on association membership.
From the Minnesota Star Tribune
Rochester Pride cancels visit by author of controversial children's book over 'safety concerns.'
From Kidscreen
PBS KIDS vibes with Acoustic Rooster special and shorts series based on Kwame Alexander's books.
From People
Kids' books based on hit YouTube channel Gracie's Corner to hit shelves in fall.
From Politico
Was Little House on the Prairie 'Woke'? The Answer Explains American Politics.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
Children's author Mac Barnett wants the U.S. to appreciate picture books.
From Vox
The weird, joyful book that's getting me through this winter: taking life lessons from an anthropomorphic owl.
From Book Riot
The Funniest Picture Books I Read in 2024.
- 2025 Feb 24
From the New York Times
Opinion: Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives.
From Aberdeen Insider
South Dakota House endorses prosecution of librarians who lend books deemed harmful to children.
From Book Riot
Indiana Governor Promises Not to Dissolve Imagination Library—But Not to Include It in State Budget.
From SheKnows
Dolly Parton Responded to Indiana's Threat to Cut Funding of Her Children's Literacy Program.
From the Wrap
PBS Kids to Debut Acoustic Rooster Special and Shorts Based on Kwame Alexander Book.
From Billboard
Roberta Flack's Children's Book Returns to Top of the Charts Following Singer's Passing.
From Looking at Picture Books
Jon Klassen Interviews the New Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
From the New York Times
"Why Children Love Edward Gorey: A Centenary Tribute" by Lisa Brown.
- 2025 Feb 19
From Vulture
Why Is the Pentagon So Scared of Julianne Moore?
From the Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists have been announced, including those in the Young Adult Literature category.
From People
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Is Getting a New Illustrated Edition.
From Broadview
Cartoonist Kate Beaton rewrites the classic mermaid tale.
From MPR News
Couple gets engaged with a Frog and Toad-inspired book at Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul.
From Brightly
12 Book to Graphic Novel Adaptations Kids Will Love.
- 2025 Feb 12
From the Guardian
Pentagon schools suspend library books for 'compliance review' under Trump orders.
From Fast Company
Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It's changing children's relationship with books.
From the Carnegies
The longlists for the U.K.'s Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced.
From the New York Times
Grieving with Paddington.
From nextavenue
Why I Read Picture Books... for Myself.
From Brightly
12 Book to Graphic Novel Adaptations for Kids.
From Book Riot
YA Authors with Adult Debut Novels in 2025.
- 2025 Feb 10
From NPR
Are picture books undervalued? The new ambassador of children's literature thinks so.
From the Bookseller
Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2025 shortlist revealed.
From Slate
The Case Against Paddington Bear.
From NBC News
'Changing the world': Poet Amanda Gorman on her new children's book.
From the New York Times
14 Valentine's Day Children's Books That Won't Make You Cringe.
- 2025 Feb 05
From the Guardian
Meet-cute at Mansfield Park: can modern covers turn young readers on to Jane Austen?
From Book Riot
The Children of Blood and Bone Film Adaptation: Everything You Need to Know.
From The New York Times
Dan Gutman shares a slice of his literary life in New York City, and some favorite children's books set in iconic N.Y.C. sites.
From Book Riot
The Harlem Renaissance in Today's YA Literature.
From the Strategist
The Best Sticker Books for Kids of All Ages.
From Brightly
Must-Read YA Romance Books for Valentine's Day.
From Book Riot
Nine World-Changing Climate Fiction Books for Kids.
- 2025 Feb 03
From the Associated Press
Dog Man movie bites off $36 million, taking #1 at the box office.
From CBS Mornings
Yellowstone star Jefferson White to narrate new Hunger Games audiobook Sunrise on the Reaping.
From MLive
Zibby Oneal, author of several books including the YA novels The Language of Goldfish and A Formal Feeling, died on January 23 at age 90.
From People
The Wild Robot creator Peter Brown announces a new chapter book series.
From the Comics Journal
Remembering Jules Feiffer: friends, colleagues, and admirers, including Ben Katchor, Roz Chast, Tom Tomorrow, and many others, shared appreciations and anecdotes.
