CHILDREN’S LIT

The Author Who Wrote One Of The Best Children’s Classics Of The 1990s Is Publishing A Fantasy Book In 2025 & It Sounds Amazing – ScreenRant

Beloved bedtime story ‘Goodnight Moon’ to be celebrated May 2 on eight U.S. stamps – Linn’s Stamp News

Celebrating Our Planet: Children’s Books for Earth Day – Book Riot

Eat This!: 13 Titles to Prepare Readers For a Zombie Apocalypse – School Library Journal

How children’s picture books got to the Supreme Court – The 19th

In Conversation: Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead – Publishers Weekly

Put Your Butt in the Chair: Inside the Simple Alchemy of Making Art (by Elisha Cooper) – Lit Hub

LIBRARIES

Chicago Public Library no longer issuing e-cards starting in May – CBS

Maine State Library lays off 13 workers, will restructure after losing federal funds – Portland Press Herald

A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat – The Hechinger Report

Small and rural libraries are feeling the cuts from President Trump’s executive order – NPR

Wisconsin libraries brace for steep drop in services under federal funding cuts – Wisconsin Examiner

YA LIT

The 7 Best New YA Books Out This Week – Book Riot

8 Great Queer YA Novels for 2025 – Book Riot

A BookTok virality: The hype of the “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series – The University Daily Kansan

Terry Pratchett estate launches ‘Discworld graphic novel universe’ – Polygon