- 2025 Dec 10
From School Library Journal
'We Must Remain Vigilant': an open letter to publishers from Jason Low about book banning.
From the Hollywood Reporter
YA Shows Are Booming, with Amazon and Netflix the Main Players So Far.
From Deadline
Paramount+ Greenlights a Pair of Animated Series from Mo Willems.
From Variety
Magic Tree House Animated Series in the Works.
From the Washington Post
Judith Viorst Is 94 and Still Has Advice for No Good, Very Bad Days.
From Literary Hub
How A.A. Milne's romance novels reveal another side of the Winnie-the-Pooh author.
From Book Riot
Queer Picture Books for Readers of All Ages.
From Foodtank
20 Inspiring Books That Teach Kids About Food, Farming, and the Environment.
- 2025 Dec 08
From Publishing Perspectives
Future-Proofing Equality: UK Children's Publishing Braces for the U.S. Playbook.
From the New York Times
George and Martha: The Children's Book I'll Never Stop Recommending to Adults.
From the ALA
YALSA Announces 2026 William C. Morris Finalists.
From 100 Scope Notes
2025 Children's Lit: The Year in Miscellanea.
From Book Riot
Deck the Halls with These Five Children's Books About Christmas.
- 2025 Dec 03
From the Guardian
Mr. Men Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers.
From People
YA Bestseller Ruta Sepetys Turns to Adult Historical Fiction with A Fortune of Sand.
From People
George M. Johnson and Leah Johnson's Holiday YA Rom-Com Offers a 'Glimpse of a Possible Future.'
From the Strategist
The Best New Books for Kids Published in 2025.
From Literary Hub
10 Great Children's Books You Might Have Missed in 2025.
- 2025 Dec 01
From the Bookseller
David Higham Associates acquires The Bent Agency UK.
From Literary Hub
A children's book press had to tell Pete Hegseth to not depict their turtle committing murder.
From Mother Jones
AI Is Coming for Your Toddler's Bedtime Story.
From 100 Scope Notes
The Most Unconventional Children's Books of 2025.
- 2025 Nov 24
From the Associated Press
Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over a children's literature lesson about gender identity was unjustified.
From Book Riot
A Major Court Win for IMLS, Libraries.
From Literary Hub
On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship.
From Publishing Perspectives
International Children's Publishers Mobilize for a Stronger Future.
From MSN
Helme Heine, creator of Friends and many other picture books, has died at age 84.
From Variety
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Trailer: First Look at Joseph Zada's Young Haymitch in Series Prequel.
From Bloody Disgusting
Christopher Pike's YA novel Die Softly optioned for movie adaptation.
From the New York Times
John Green Doesn't Want You to Lose the Magic of Your Teenage Self.
From Midcoast Villager
Chris Van Dusen Was Surprised as Anyone When Taylor Swift Wore His T-Shirt.
From the Mirror
Jeopardy! Contestants Left Stumped Over Iconic Children's Book Clue.
From 100 Scope Notes
The 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards.
From People
Rhiannon Giddens Illustrates Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music.
From the New York Times
"My Kid Loves Percy Jackson. What Should They Read Next?"
- 2025 Nov 19
From KCUR
Missouri court strikes down book ban law that pushed libraries to remove hundreds of titles.
From the Bookseller
Sarah Ferguson's new children's book pulled from sale days before publication.
From Literary Hub
Rejected pitches for the live-action Eloise.
- 2025 Nov 17
From CNN
Granddaughter of Charlotte's Web author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation.
From CBS News
Selling comic books to kids is technically illegal in Sacramento. That may soon change.
From the New York Times
Getting into the arena as The Hunger Games stage adaptation goes live.
From Literary Hub
The case for child liberation through children's books.
- 2025 Nov 12
From the New York Times
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks.
From Reuters
On the eve of retirement, publisher Barry Cunningham reflects on his career in children's books, and talks about his next chapter.
From NPR
Strega Nona is still reaching audiences at 50 years old.
From the Hollywood Reporter
Sabrina Carpenter to Star, Produce Musical Alice in Wonderland Movie for Universal.
From the Assoiciated Press
Holiday Gift Guide for Children's Books.
From Brightly
40 Children's and YA Books That Celebrate Native American Heritage.
- 2025 Nov 10
From the New York Times
Travel Can Make Classic Children’s Books Come Alive.
From Substack
Gregory Maguire on His Childhood Journey to Narnia.
From USM
Never-Before-Seen Andy Warhol Originals Featured in Rare Children’s Literature Bequest.
- 2025 Nov 05
From the New York Times
Why E. Lockhart Keeps Coming Back to the Land of We Were Liars.
From Us Weekly
A Guide to the Biggest Young Adult Book Releases Wrapping Up 2025—And How to Read Each Series.
From the New York Times
"The First Time I Read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe": Katherine Rundell, Christopher Paolini, and other writers mark the 75th anniversary of the book's U.S. publication.
From Time Out
This Boston hotel is turning one of its rooms into an exact replica of the Goodnight Moon room.
From the ALA
Raj Tawney on Finding Community at a Book Festival.
From Literary Hub
Amber McBride recommends 10 novels in verse.
From Book Riot
6 YA Romantasy Reads for Romance Lovers.
- 2025 Nov 03
From WLRN
How one South Florida teen continues her fight against banned books and censorship.
From the Hollywood Reporter
Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Eloise Live-Action Film Lands at Netflix; Ryan Reynolds to Co-Star and Produce.
From CBS News
Goosebumps author R.L. Stine is still writing, more than 70 years after he started.
From Midcoast Villager
A 1978 picture book, Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies, is returned to a Maine library 46 years overdue.
From People
Rowley Jefferson Returns in Jeff Kinney's New Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Book.
From the New York Times
LeBron James announces Happy Spooky Halloween, a picture book for 2026.
- 2025 Oct 29
From Book Riot
Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
From the Bookseller
Independent U.K. children's publisher Knights Of, a house formed to address the lack of representation for diverse voices in children's books, is set to close.
From New York Review of Books
Why the stories of Italian children's author Gianni Rodari still feel fresh today.
From Tablet
Maurice Sendak's Scary Monsters.
From People
Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt Reveals the Story Behind Her New Children's Book.
From Book Riot
This Is Halloween, Everybody Make a Scene: Halloween in YA Lit.
From Book Riot
5 New Picture Books About Animals.
- 2025 Oct 27
From the New York Times
Philip Pullman Brings Lyra's Story to a Close.
From the New York Times
Essay: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Macabre.
From People
20 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Goosebumps Author R.L. Stine and His Spooky Series.
From Book Riot
Graphic Novels About Monsters for Kids.
- 2025 Oct 22
From the Bookseller
The Labubufication of children's books: this year's China Licensing Expo suggested huge untapped possibilities for kids' retail.
From Daily Campus
Why threats to YA literature are a threat to our future.
From the New York Times
How Philip Pullman's Heroine Changed Her Life—and Mine, by Dan Kois.
From Page Six
Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton share their favorite books.
From ABC News
Dad goes viral with rap rendition of Llama Llama Red Pajama.
From Book Riot
Spooky Books for Scaredy Cats: Halloween Read-Alouds for Kids Who Don't Like Horror.
- 2025 Oct 20
From the New York Times
The Heroine of His Dark Materials Is Back. Here's What You Need to Know.
From WCMH
Federal judge dismisses Ohio teacher's lawsuit over LGBTQ+ classroom books.
From Smithsonian
How the Hardy Boys Book Series Cracked the Case of Getting Kids Hooked on Reading.
From People
Beanie Feldstein Celebrates Friendship in Debut Picture Book Teeny and Tilly.
- 2025 Oct 15
From Electric Literature
Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing of Authors.
From AP
Wyoming library director who was fired amid book dispute reaches $700,000 settlement.
From Book Riot
A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries.
From Education Week
Are Books Really Disappearing from American Classrooms?
From the Bookseller
Quarto appoints Alli Brydon as publisher of children's books for the U.S.
From the Bookseller
Deirdre McDermott on Walker Books' picture book legacy and strategy.
From Deadline
The Inheritance Games YA Series Adaptation in Works at Lionsgate Television.
From Deadline
The Gilded Age Exec Producers to Develop The Davenports YA Series at Amazon from Alloy Entertainment.
From the Guardian
Lyra's last story: an excerpt from Philip Pullman's final instalment in his Book of Dust trilogy.
From AP News
From Grammy winner to children's author: Laufey's first picture book is Mei Mei the Bunny.
From Popverse
The difference between YA and adult fiction is perspective and exhaustion, say authors Veronica Roth and Marie Lu.
From the Forward
How Yiddish authors made a new world writing for children.
From the Atlantic
65 Essential Children's Books.
From Book Riot
Quiz: Can You Match the Children's Classic to Its Opening Lines?
From Portland Monthly
The Five Ursula K. Le Guin Books You Need to Read, According to Her Son.
