CHILDREN’S BOOKS

21 Terrific Books by Jason Reynolds, Faith Erin Hicks, and More | Starred Reviews, December 2025 – SLJ

40 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: January-March 2026 – Pop Goes the Reader

2025’s Best LGBTQ Middle Grade Books for Holiday Giving – Mombian

The Best Children’s Books of 2025 – New York Times

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Books of 2025 – CSMCL

Jeanette Winter, Who Told Children About Artists’ Lives, Dies at 86 – New York Times

A Roundup of 2025’s Best Book Lists for Children and Teens – Publishers Weekly

The Ten Best Children’s Books of 2025 Feature a Story of Untrustworthy Fish and a Tribute to a Beloved Bus Driver – Smithsonian Magazine

LIBRARIES

Entire Library Board Dissolved Over One Picture Book About a Trans Kid – Them.us

Richard Osman among authors backing call to issue library card to all UK babies – The Guardian

Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in U.S. Schools – PEN America

US librarians tackle ‘manufactured crisis’ of book bans to protect LGBTQ+ rights – The Guardian

YA LIT

Notable Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2025 – Reactor