BOOK AWARDS

2025 Washington State Book Awards Winners Announced – Seattle Mag

Victoria Book Prizes announce nominees, new category for 2025 awards – Times Colonist

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

15 Picture Books That Celebrate Hispanic & Latine Heritage – Brightly

2026 Newbery/Caldecott Fall Prediction Edition – Fuse #8

Are You Ready for a POUT POUT FISH Animated Movie? – 100 Scope Notes

The best children’s fantasy novels, according to Katherine Rundell – iNews

The Best Middle Grade Podcasts and What You Get From Them – From the Mixed-Up Files

How To Raise a Reader in an Age of Digital Distraction – Lit Hub

My Favorite Back to School Middle Grade Novels – ALSC

Top 5 children’s books to inspire awe for our universe, chosen by Chloe Savage – Big Issue

LIBRARIES

I’m a Librarian, Therapist, Personal Assistant, and First Responder. Moments Like This Make It All Worth It. – Slate

Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books – 404 Media

Libraries Can Be Democracy’s Living Room – Next City

‘They said I should be purged and killed’: The librarians who stood up for free speech – The Telegraph

YA LIT

7 New YA Horror Novels to Pop on Your Fall TBR Right Now – Book Riot

85 Scary (And Not-So-Scary) 2025 Young Adult Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit – Pop Goes the Reader

This One’s for the Fans: The Rise of the YA Novella – Publishers Weekly