"A Monumental Mistake" tells the story of Fiona the lioness, Mobi the bear, Arthur the lion, and Cassius the tiger stumbling upon a forgotten statue deep in Wiggamore Woods.

A central Iowa woman turned her inspiration from Phill the water buffalo into a book called "Phill's Grand Adventure: Finding Home." It started when author Judith Cass received a text from her friend, ...

A brilliantly written novel in verse, “To Stay Alive” portrays a vivid, emotional picture of the tragic Donner Party of 1846.

It's never too early for kids to fall in love with books. And finding stories that are captivating to look at and fun to hear when read aloud is half the battle. Here's a list of engaging toddler ...

Kids love animals -- and they love books about animals, too. From dog books to bear books to bunny books and pig books, our list of favorite animal "tails" is full of great picks. Some have funny, ...

Busting myths; how a drop of water changed a girl’s life; a tribe’s respect for fishes; and more: picks from columnist.

A brave hummingbird does what she can to fight a fire in Sascha Alper's new book. It was one of the last projects illustrator ...

Kyle Lukoff, illus. by Levi Hastings. Simon & Schuster, Apr., ages 4–8 In what PW’s starred review called “an approachable, engaging work,” Newbery Honoree Lukoff details “how LGBTQ+ ...

In fact, books on a variety of subjects that are more difficult to broach with young children are an invaluable tool to parents. If the day comes that one of my children has questions about gender ...

It was sometime during my master’s program that I started writing in books. The year was 2018, and I spent my weeks running between my first media job and the dark, yellowy basement in Jamaica ...

As a researcher inspired by bell hooks’ adult non-fiction work, The Will to Change (2004), I’m drawn to children’s books that nurture the emotional lives of boys and challenge traditional ...

Books for Kids Day celebrates volunteers and community members who support the Maryland Book Bank, which collects and sorts more than 20,000 books at the event to help stock home and classroom ...