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

CHILDREN’S LIT

Books in Bloom: Children’s Books About Spring – Book Riot

Inside a New Exhibit That Celebrates the Most Unappreciated Part of Children’s Books. – Lit Hub

LIBRARIES

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads – The Guardian

Students Fighting Book Bans Are the Focus of the New Documentary Banned Together – Teen Vogue

YA LIT

I saw the rise and decline of YA literature from the inside. Here’s what it was like by Charlie Jane Anders – LA Times via AOL

CHILDREN’S LIT

10 of the Best New Children’s Books Coming in April 2025 – Book Riot

Author’s School Visit Postponed “Until Better Times” – SLJ

Goodnight, Moon is going postal. To celebrate, check out these children’s book stamps – Literary Hub

New children’s book ‘Mistaco’ gives families ‘a fun way to share their mistakes together’ – Texas Public Radio

‘Oliver and Amanda Pig’ series author Jean Van Leeuwen dies at 87 – NPR

Writer Kiese Laymon discusses his new children’s book ‘City Summer, Country Summer’ – NPR

LIBRARIES & READING

Most Americans want to read more books. We just don’t. – NPR

State of America’s Libraries 2024 – ALA

YA LIT

The Best New YA Books of April 2025 – Paste

‘When Life is Hard, Books Help’: An Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson – PEN America

Some interesting articles to enjoy:

9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers – SLJ

The American Picture Book’s Unsung Parent: Japan – The New York Times

Author John Green talks about living with OCD – NPR (This one really moved me. Definitely worth the listen!)

Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs – The Scholarly Kitchen

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 2025 – a booklist for all ages – LGBTQ Reads

Magic Cat Announces Deal for Board Book Series with Jamie Oliver – Publishers Weekly

Michael Morpurgo: The five books that changed my life – iNews

Ten New Children’s Books That Reveal the Wondrous Act of Storytelling – Literary Hub

And a cool video on publishing picture books in translation:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

12 must-read November children’s book releases – Book Riot

Alex Gino’s children’s novel George retitled Melissa ‘to respect trans heroine’ – The Guardian

I tried to redpill my son with these far-right children’s books – Rolling Stone

Kirkus Prize winners revealed in virtual ceremony – Kirkus

Robert Munsch’s classic The Paper Bag Princess has been optioned to become a film – CBC

LIBRARIES

Being a librarian: expectations vs. reality – Book Riot

Blind people won the right to break ebook DRM. In 3 years, they’ll have to do it again. – Wired

Books probed by a Texas lawmaker by women, people of color, LGBTQ writers. They’re asking: ‘Really?’ – The Dallas Morning News

Creating safer libraries – Public Libraries

More public libraries, including New York Public Library, have eliminated fines for overdue books – Forbes

Texas governor decries school library books with ‘pornographic or obscene material’ – NPR

US files antitrust suit to stop major book publisher merger – ABC News

TEEN LIT

10 YA novels released in 2021 that deserve movie/TV adaptations – ScreenRant

12 inclusive YA books your middle schooler won’t be able to put down – SheKnows

The 16 most anticipated YA books to read in November – Epic Reads

All the new young adult SFF books arriving in November – Tor

Four fan-favorite YA trilogies come to an end this fall – Publishers Weekly

Mariko Tamaki debuts new LGBTQ+ graphic novel imprint – Publishers Weekly

New YA retellings to fall into – Book Riot

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

19 Canadian books for kids and young adults to read this Halloween – CBC

20 magical children’s books about witches for all ages – Romper

50 years ago, ‘The Electric Company’ used comedy to boost kids’ reading skills – NPR

2021 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature shortlist announced – Quill & Quire

Anne Ursu’s magical thinking – Mpls St Paul

Announcing Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids List of 2021 – Evanston Public Library

Author Margarita Engle explores Cuban history in two new books for young readers – KVPR

How gruesome penny dreadfuls got Victorian children reading – Atlas Obscura

Let children choose their own ways to read, and you’ll make them lifelong readers – Desert Sun

A very busy fall for Ada Twist – Publishers Weekly

LIBRARIES

The Freedom to Read is a right and must be protected – Texas Library Association

‘Harmful content’ Cambridge University to put trigger warnings on children’s books – Express

I set out to build the next Library of Alexandria. Now I wonder: will there be libraries in 25 years? – TIME

How Memphis created the nation’s most innovative public library – Smithsonian Magazine

Texas House to launch investigation into school library books – The Hill

YA LIT

Jewish YA books: more than the Holocaust – Book Riot

The most underrated YA books of the pandemic – Book Riot

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Beloved author Gary Paulsen has died aged 82 – Pan Macmillan

Documentary chronicles diversity in children’s literature – SLJ

From middle grade novel to Netflix: a conversation with Adam Gidwitz about A Tale Dark & Grimm – 100 Scope Notes

Grover’s iconic Sesame Street children’s book turns 50 – NPR

Jerry Pinkney, the beloved award-winning children’s book illustrator, has died at 81 – NPR

Picture books for children – reviews – The Guardian

Southlake school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with ‘opposing’ views – NBC News

Your favorite children’s books – The New York Times

LIBRARIES

Texas’s book censorship hysteria: an interview with Ashley Hope Pérez – OIF Blog

YA LIT

Netflix’s To All the Boys gets spin-off show with original star returning – DigitalSpy

Realms of Ruin – a project from six YA authors to create an NFT-based writing project has been cancelled – Bad Writing Takes on Twitter

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

19 Black children’s books to share with the little ones in your life – Essence

Center for Children’s Books examines Newbery Medal’s history, legacy – Chambana Sun

Children’s books round-up: the best reads this autumn – The Scotsman

The Guardian view on children’s books: take them seriously – The Guardian

LIBRARIES

New York City’s public libraries abolish fines on overdue materials – NPR

YA LIT

The best books for teens this autumn – The Scotsman

One of Us Is Lying team talks changes from book to TV, defying teen drama archetypes – TV Line

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

15 must-read October children’s book releases – Book Riot

Children’s book awards that celebrate diversity – SLJ

David Walliams: ‘Harmful’ Chinese character removed from children’s book – BBC News

How the Clique books taught me to hate other girls and myself – New York Times

‘I, Witness’ makes world events visceral for young readers – NPR

Shang-Chi director to helm American Born Chinese series for Disney+ – Tor

‘The stories will be the last thing to go’: Robert Munsch on his legacy as one of Canada’s great storytellers – CBC

Why parents tried to ban this children’s book about a Chinese immigrant family – Yahoo

LIBRARIES

Mid-Continent Public Library Board blasted as banned books comments suggest censorship – KCUR

Sexual harassment, intimidation, violence on the job worsened during pandemic, librarians report – CBC

Why investing in libraries is a climate justice issue – Next City

Wyoming librarians under fire for books about sex, LGBTQ – The Washington Post

YA LIT

11 new YA books you won’t want to miss this October – PopSugar

How students fought a book ban and won, for now – New York Times

Top new YA books in October 2021 – Den of Geek

Westworld’s Gina Atwater to adapt YA fantasy novel ‘Raybearer’ for Netflix series – Collider