Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

Find something new to read with your kids with one of these best children's books, selected by educators and librarians. A child can never have too many books, but navigating through all the options ...

It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

These back-to-school reads will help children tackle first-day nerves, new teachers, letters, numbers and more. By Travis Jonker Travis Jonker is a children’s book author and illustrator, and the ...

Those innocent bedtime stories you lovingly read aloud night after night contained sophisticated adult themes that sailed right over young heads but spoke directly to your parental experiences and ...

Children’s books are bodies of work that thrive on specificity. With just the right use of humor, wit, and alliteration, authors like Theodor Seuss Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Margaret Atwood, among ...

If you've found yourself reading the same picture book over and over (and over and over) to a small but determined audience we see you and salute you! Perhaps you'd like to add a few new titles to the ...

Few in children’s publishing were sorry to see the end of 2023. The year was marked by a record level of book bans, softening sales, and concerns over the number of kids reading for fun, which was at ...

Each February, the U.S. honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have shaped the nation. If you're struggling with the best way to educate children about Black history, this ...

Meghan Cox Gurdon says farewell to her column reviewing books for children, and shares some of her favorites from the past ...