CHILDREN’S LIT

17 Joyful Picture Books to Enjoy on Summer Vacation – SLJ

Celebrating 35 years of the Children’s Books Ireland Awards – The Irish Times

Every adult should read more children’s novels. Here are the five best – MSN

How Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations taught us to imagine, resist and belong – The Conversation

Luck of the Draw: 5 Fabulously Funny and Adorable Picture Books – Book Riot

Mothers in children’s books: a matrix – Lit Hub

This author ‘fixed’ ‘The Giving Tree’ with a new ending. Some say it’s long overdue. – USA Today

LIBRARIES

ALA Disappointed by Senate Vote to Block Hotspot Funds – ALA

Political Attacks on Libraries Endanger Small-Town Democracy – Scientific American

States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts – NPR

YA LIT

All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in May 2025 – Reactor

Judy Blume Talks Inspiration Behind Her Controversial Teen Novel Forever, and the Change Happening at Home When She Wrote It – People

Summer Love: 16 Romantic Reads for Teens – SLJ