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Unite Against Book Bans Grows Book Résumé Database for Challenged Books
UAAB, an anti-censorship initiative of the ALA, opened its Book Résumé Database in February 2024, providing easy-access credentials for banned and challenged titles; we took a look at how the initiative is continuing to grow.
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WI2025: Selznick Inspires; Booksellers Discuss Young People's Reading
While most of the almost 1,000 indie booksellers attending Winter Institute 2025 in Denver own or work at general bookstores, there still was attention paid to children’s authors, and the ABA's conference concluded with a keynote by Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick.
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2025 Sendak Fellows Announced
The Maurice Sendak Foundation has announced this year's Sendak Fellows: Junjun Chen, Marianna Coppo, Rob Dunlavey, and Gracey Zhang.
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Toy Fair 2025: A Smaller Show, But Productive for Publishers
Toy Fair 2025 returned to the Javits Center in New York City this year, concluding its four-day run on March 4.
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Children's Job Moves: February 2025
New Job Announcements in children’s publishing for February 2025.
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HarperCollins Children's Debuts Storytide Imprint
Middle grade and teen readers can expect a wave of fiction this spring with the launch of HarperCollins's newest imprint, Storytide.
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Jason Reynolds to Release Original Audiobook
Penguin Random House Audio and Listening Library have announced 'Soundtrack,' a new YA audiobook project from Jason Reynolds, set to release on June 3.
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In Brief: February 27, 2025
Recently, an author held a school visit for a book-ish holiday, comics creators gathered for an event, an author closed out her book tour, an author-illustrator duo visited the National Portrait Gallery, a launch event doubled as a benefit, and collaborators gave a reading with a musical ensemble.
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PEN America Report Zooms In on School Year 2023–2024 Book Bans
In a new report, the free expression nonprofit highlights 4,128 unique titles that it has determined were removed from public schools nationwide during the 2023–2024 academic year—a result of more than 10,000 instances of school book bans over that time.
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Obituary: Uri Shulevitz
Caldecott Medalist Uri Shulevitz, widely celebrated for his distinctive ink and watercolor images that capture a child's viewpoint, and stories often drawn from his evocative childhood memories, died on February 15, two weeks short of his 90th birthday.
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Phaidon Kids Imprint Celebrates 20 Years
Phaidon, a global publisher of the creative arts that commemorated its 100th anniversary in 2023, is now gearing up to mark another milestone as its children’s book imprint turns 20.
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LBYR Catches Feelings for New Adult Category with Requited Imprint
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has launched Requited, HBG’s first new adult imprint, which will publish 10–20 titles per year.
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Erin Murphy Literary Agents Join Aevitas
The agents of Windham, Maine–based children's book agency Erin Murphy Literary Agency have joined Aevitas Creative Management, including founder Erin Murphy, who has been named a partner at Aevitas.
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Foundation Media Partners to Publish Books with Macmillan
The film and television production company behind a number of successful book-to-screen adaptations has established Foundation Books, forming a multi-year publishing partnership with Macmillan to publish books with potential for adaptation.
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2024 Children's Bestsellers: Graphic Novels, YA Sequels, and Old Favorites Chart High
Our 2024 Facts and Figures compilation of children’s and YA bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by middle grade graphic novel series, YA thrillers and romance, and evergreen picture book favorites.
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Greenwillow Books Celebrates 50 Years
When Susan Hirschman launched Greenwillow in 1974, she never imagined being part of a through line running back to the earliest days of children’s publishing, predicting that the imprint might last “one, maybe two years.”
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Little Free Library Study Reveals Benefits for Book-Impoverished Communities
Children who are surrounded by books spend more time reading—particularly those in underserved school districts. Such is the conclusion of a recent study conducted by Little Free Library and the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools, the first part in a multi-site observational report seeking to uncover children’s reading habits.
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In Brief: February 20, 2025
Recently an exhibition honoring a local children’s author opened to the public, an iconic children’s character celebrated a birthday with a tour, a Caldecott Medalist takes on the board book form, and an author made a school visit.
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Five New Picture Books Share Indigenous Stories
Authors and artists highlight kinship, heritage, and community.
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AudioFile’s Audiobook Club Plays ‘Rez Ball’
The magazine has partnered with NDN Girls Book Club to distribute paperback and digital audiobook copies of the Ojibwe writer Byron Graves’s award-winning YA novel to three tribal libraries across the U.S.
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