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The new year heralds exciting new titles, including a picture book that highlights a famous scientist's brainstorming process, a middle grade novel about a tween chasing popularity, a YA murder ...

As someone who’s spent years observing how children interact with books—both at home and through conversations with ...

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book biography on a civil rights activist, a graphic novel memoir about a tween’s transfer to an all-girls school, a YA retelling of 'The Great ...

As any designated bedtime book reader knows: novelty is key. If you are ready to depart from the well-trodden tried-and-true, here are 10 new picture books that NPR critics and staff loved in 2024.

In a lot of ways, it's never been harder to convince kids to pick up a book over a phone or iPad. But worrying about declining literacy rates and reading test scores – that's adults' business. And Mac ...