From left, Zach Scharle, Ava Scharle and Allison Lavey review Blueberry Award contenders. The Evanston Public Library’s ...

Each year around this time, we ask the staff of Scientific American to recommend the best books they read this year. Here are the 67 new favorites and old classics that kept us turning the pages in ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss ...

The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you our favorite books of 2025, the essential Judy Blume, the best picture books of 2025, graphic novels for Dav Pilkey fans, mythical tales for ...

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

We speak with several YA authors who are venturing into adult fiction for the first time. Plus we’ve got a selection of the season’s biggest titles for kids and teens. Self-described Luddite Kevin ...

In their 73rd year of highlighting children’s books, the New York Times Book Review and the New York Public Library have announced the 10 winners of the Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award. This ...