On Jan. 27, nonprofit organization PEN America released a list of 23 picture book titles that most frequently banned during ...

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

Four years after President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021 when Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history at ...

This special exhibit features 88 original illustrations created by Matthew Cordell featured in children's picture books written by him and other authors. Volunteers 16 years and up are needed ...

of a children’s book. For young people led by their tender hearts, a book that understands those feelings is a treasure. These four picture-book explorations are full of wonder, full of feelings ...

Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...

The best children’s books of all time Choosing the best children’s books of all time is no easy feat. After all, there are ...

Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s ...

"A recognizable picture book about playing together, quarreling and patching up a quarrel," the description says. "For playful children ages 4 years and up." Clavis Publishing wrote in the book's ...

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the ...

Erin Entrada Kelly, author of “The First State of Being,” and Rebecca Lee Kunz, illustrator of “Chooch Helped,” are the 2025 recipients of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most ...

The Unicoi County Public Library’s children’s section is back and better than ever a year after a water leak destroyed its ...