-

Reading with Olympia and Ira: Bathtime, the Night Garden, and Lots of Animals
Publishing veteran Betsy Groban continues her ongoing series of observations about her grandchildren's reading habits.
-
Children's Job Moves: January 2022
Job moves in children's publishing during January 2022.
-

TOON Books Makes a Move to Astra
Astra Publishing House has announced its acquisition of TOON Books, a leading publisher of easy-to-read comics and graphic novels for young readers.
-

Scholastic, LitWorld Celebrate World Read Aloud Day with Free Virtual Festival
The 13th annual World Read Aloud Day, founded by global nonprofit LitWorld and calling attention to the importance of sharing stories, arrives on February 2.
-

Kwame Alexander and Follett Kick Off Classroom Book Club
Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander has partnered with Follett School Solutions to create the Kwame Alexander Bookfest, a student-led classroom book club.
-

Licensing Hotline: January 2022
Read on for news about Disney's original, publishing-driven stories, Dr. Seuss's entry into NFTs, a range of literary paper construction kits from Cubles, a new licensing program tied to the book-based PBS series 'All Creatures Great and Small,' and more.
-

Barba Higuera, Chin, Boulley Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards
See all the winners of the 2022 Youth Media Awards.
-

Random House Children's Launches Nonfiction Imprint
Random House Children's Books is expanding its portfolio with an educational nonfiction imprint for ages three and up, Bright Matter Books.
-

Movie Alert: 'The Tiger Rising'
The fourth film adaptation for Kate DiCamillo, based on her 2001 novel 'The Tiger Rising,' is set to hit theaters on January 21, and will be released digitally on February 8.
-

S&S Creates Dedicated Boynton Imprint
This fall, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing will raise the curtain on Boynton Bookworks, an imprint devoted to the books of bestselling children's author Sandra Boynton.
-

Digital Checkouts Surge in 2021 for OverDrive Education's Sora
Following a record-setting performance in 2020, OverDrive Education has reported that e-book checkouts through its Sora student reading app increased 62% year-over-year in 2021 and that digital audio checkouts grew by 24%.
-
Children's Job Moves: December 2021
Job moves in children's publishing during December 2021.
-

Children's Publishers Choose Their Favorite Reads of 2021
We asked staffers at children's publishing houses to tell us about their favorite children's or YA book they read this year.
-

PW's Most-Read Children's and YA Stories of 2021
Catch up on some of the big stories you may have missed, with our list of the year's top 10 PW children's book articles.
-

2021 In Memoriam: Children's Book Creators Remembered
Click through to see our tributes to some of the talented and inspiring children's book authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals who died this year.
-

Read Alouds That Rock
In this recurring series, we ask literacy experts in classrooms and libraries to discuss their techniques for selecting and sharing books to lead engaging storytimes for young readers of all ages.
-

Read Alouds That Rock: Book Clubs to Love
Continuing our series on Read Alouds That Rock, we asked five expert book club facilitators to share some of the ways they run their clubs and spread book love with young readers.
-

Marc Brown's Arthur, Star of Page and Screen, Shares Life Lessons
In celebration of the Arthur series’ 45th year in print and its final season on PBS, Marc Brown has created a compilation of wisdom and wit, ‘Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur.’
-

Licensing Hotline: December 2021
Read on for coverage of the Emberley family's new brand, a global early-learning program featuring Peppa Pig, a new publishing and licensing program centered on Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC, and other recent licensed book news.
-

2021 Kids' Book Choice Awards Announced
Every Child a Reader, the charitable arm of the Children's Book Council, has revealed the winners of its Kids' Book Choice Awards, formerly known as the Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards.



