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2025 Children's Book Week Poster by Julie Flett Revealed
The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader has named Julie Flett as the illustrator of the 2025 Children's Book Week poster; the nationwide celebration of literacy is slated for May 5–11.
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Licensing Hotline: January 2025
Read on for news about Rebel Girls’ new sports vertical, Mattel’s new deal with Tokyopop for manga, a new consumer licensing program from Fodor’s with plans for children’s and adult products, and more.
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In Brief: January 23, 2025
Recently an author took her new book on tour, an author presented the latest installment in her picture book series, and a literary cabaret welcomed a YA author to the stage.
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Children's Lit Community Hosts Fundraisers and Book Drives for L.A. Wildfire Relief
Children's creators, publishers, and booksellers are looking for ways to bolster Los Angeles families, communities, and relief organizations after the wildfires of the past week.
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Balzer + Bray Previews Its Inaugural List at Macmillan
After moving their eponymous imprint from HarperCollins Children's Books to Macmillan Children's Publishing Group last spring, publishers Alessandra Balzer and Donna Bray of Balzer + Bray have announced their inaugural list, to be published in winter and spring 2026.
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Just Announced: 'The Survivor Wants to Die at the End' by Adam Silvera
Adam Silvera has announced the third installment in his bestselling They Both Die at the End series, 'The Survivor Wants to Die at the End,' which is set to release May 6 from Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books.
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Keith Baker's 'Peas' Roll Out to Celebrate Holidays
Since its launch in 2010, Keith Baker’s Pea series has garnered a global in-print tally of 2.25 million copies, and it's currently expanding with a quartet of new holiday titles.
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Books to Help Young Readers Understand Wildfires
As harrowing stories of Los Angeles wildfires lead the national news, practical information and reassuring stories may help young people process their worries. We’ve gathered a list of relevant titles for children and teens.
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Tu Books Publisher, Founder Whitman Steps Down, Succeeded by McMullen-Ciotti
Stacy Whitman, publisher and founder of the diversity-focused Lee & Low Books’ Tu Books imprint, is stepping down and will be succeeded by senior editor Elise McMullen-Ciotti, effective immediately.
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McSweeney's Opens International Library of Youth Writing
Young authors and artists from all over the world now have a permanent space in which to showcase their work. A joint publishing venture between McSweeney’s and 826 Valencia’s charitable arm, the Hawkins Project, has donated funds to establish the International Library of Youth Writing.
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Children's Book Council, Every Child a Reader Name Winner of Inaugural Free Speech Award
The Children’s Book Council and its charitable arm, Every Child a Reader, have decided to acknowledge the heroic efforts of those working to defend young people’s freedom to read, and are honoring Dr. Tasslyn Magnusson as the first-ever recipient of their Free Speech Award.
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Children's Job Moves: December 2024
New Job Announcements in children’s publishing for December 2024.
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Teachers Help Students Anchor the News with Facts
Since its founding in 2008, the Washington, D.C.–based nonpartisan nonprofit News Literacy Project has been working on its mission of ensuring that all students in the U.S. master news literacy skills before high school graduation.
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On the Front Lines of Information Literacy
Librarians seek to arm their students for the digital world by teaching information literacy and its close relatives, media literacy and news literacy.
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The Top 15 Children's and YA Stories of 2024
The announcement of new Hunger Games and Dog Man titles and the suspension of a community reading of Katherine Applegate’s ‘Wishtree’ were among PW’s most-clicked stories about kids’ and YA books in 2024.
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2024 In Memoriam: Children's Book Creators and Publishers Remembered
We pay tribute to the authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals we have lost this year.
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Exit Interview with National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Meg Medina
Meg Medina's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature came to an end on December 12 at a celebration held at the Library of Congress.
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Dianne Hess to Retire from Scholastic
Dianne Hess, executive editor at Scholastic Press, where she has worked with a diverse roster of award-winning authors and illustrators, will retire at the end of December after 38 years with the company.
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Greenwillow Books Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
On December 5, Greenwillow Books kicked off its yearlong celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2025 with a party at the HarperCollins offices in New York City.
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Lerner Publishing Group Acquires Soaring Kite Books
Lerner Publishing Group is acquiring Soaring Kite Books, a small press founded in 2020 to publish diverse children's books by emerging voices.
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