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 ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. Credit...Karan Singh Supported by By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss is the ...

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...