CHILDREN’S LIT

12 Canadian books to get kids and teens reading as they head back to school – CBC

Best new children’s & young adults books September 2025 – Arts Hub

Blast Off and Dream Big with These Science Fiction Picture Books – Book Riot

Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels – The Guardian

Great Children’s Books About Siblings – The New York Times

Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury launch new storybook – Ham & High

What Parents Lose When They Don’t Read to Their Kids – The Atlantic

LIBRARIES

Can libraries stop AI slop from flooding their shelves? – CBC

How Libraries Are Creating Community Through Food – Civil Eats

How Portlanders have expanded Little Free Library’s ‘take a book, leave a book’ – NPR

Libby’s library app adds an AI discovery feature, and not everyone is thrilled – TechCrunch

PLA Releases Results from the 2024 Public Library Staff Survey – ALA