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  • Fall 2025 Children's Sneak Previews

    See highlights of the children's and YA titles due out next season—including highly anticipated debuts, follow-ups to bestselling novels, and collaborations between favorite authors and illustrators—in our exclusive roundup.

  • New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 10, 2025

    Among the books hitting shelves next week are a series debut featuring a kid sleuth, a middle grade novel about tweens bonding over a hard first day of middle school, a YA novel in verse about teens in New York City, and more.

  • Rights Report: Week of February 3, 2025

    New deals for Kristin Dwyer, Rebecca Carvalho, Dinesh Thiru, and others.

  • Just Announced: 'You’ve Found Oliver' by Dustin Thao

    Dutton Books for Young Readers has announced the forthcoming publication of 'You’ve Found Oliver,' a companion novel to Dustin Thao’s breakout YA romance 'You’ve Reached Sam.' The book is scheduled to hit shelves on September 30.

  • New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 3, 2025

    Among the books hitting shelves next week are a board book series launch from a Caldecott Medalist, a middle grade book featuring presentations from a variety of animals, an intergenerational YA novel, and more.

  • Rights Report: Week of January 27, 2025

    New deals for Kelsey Day, Seema Yasmin, Jen Williams, and others.

  • New Kids' and YA Books: Week of January 27, 2025

    Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a special relationship with rocks, an anthology celebrating the accomplishments of Asian American women, a YA meditation on the pain of moving on, and more.

  • New and Noteworthy Children's and YA Books: January 2025

    The new year kicks off with an exciting slate of books for young readers to enjoy this month, including a picture book debut about high-flying construction workers, a historical middle grade book following a tween across Oklahoma, a YA escape novel turned road trip rom-com, and more.

  • Rights Report: Week of January 21, 2025

    New deals for Ryan La Sala, Olivia Worley, Trinity Nguyen, and others.

  • In Brief: January 16, 2025

    Recently, artists revealed a picture book-inspired installation, sisters presented a book together, an author honored an activist with his debut, an author made a school visit to discuss censorship, romance was the subject at a launch event, and an author discussed a momentous trial.

  • New Kids' and YA Books: Week of January 20, 2025

    Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about navigating bilingual life, a middle grade novel about a tween’s struggles with arithmetic, a YA rivals-to-lovers rom-com, and more.

  • Chronicle's Tiny T. Rex Gets Brand Extensions

    Chronicle is pairing with its corporate sibling, Galison Mudpuppy, to extend the bestselling property into the first non-book products based on the character, which debut at retail this week.

  • Rights Report: Week of January 13, 2025

    New deals for Emma Clancey, Andi Porretta, Jack Azar, Mary Rand Hess, and others.

  • Noteworthy Picture Book and Novel Sequels: January 2025

    New year, same characters we love to read about. Kick off the year with additions to series including a picture book about a raccoon’s discovery of a doppleganger, a tale of boys with invisibility powers, a YA fantasy sequel that finds two lovers separated, and more.

  • New Kids' and YA Books: Weeks of January 6 and 13, 2025

    Among the books hitting shelves this week and next are a picture book tribute to legendary Black musicians, a graphic novel about a household of kids catching the chickenpox, a sapphic YA romance about witches holding an investigation, and more.

  • Oceans Apart: Children's Author Padma Venkatraman Showcases BIPOC Scientists

    Author Padma Venkatraman reflects on her education in STEM, the challenges facing BIPOC women in science, and her forthcoming middle grade novel, 'Safe Harbor.'

  • Rights Report: Week of January 6, 2025

    New deals for Sonora Reyes, David Wilson, Sylvia Liu, and others.

  • A Roundup of 2024's Best Book Lists for Children and Teens

    Before we look ahead to the new year, critics and readers chose their most memorable children's and YA books of 2024; see our roundup of Best Books lists.

  • Children’s Publishers Choose Their Favorite Reads of 2024

    We asked staffers at children's publishing houses to tell us about their favorite children’s or YA book they read this year.

  • New Kids' and YA Books: Weeks of December 23 and 31, 2024

    Among the books hitting shelves over the next two weeks are a picture book highlighting a blossoming new friendship, a graphic novel following a dragon's journey to find his queen, a YA fantasy about an island of lost items, and more.

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