The best books for children and young adults were awarded the country's top honors by the American Library Association on ...

San Francisco's Word for Word will present a new theatrical adaptation of Dave Eggers' children's book, THE EYES & THE ...

“Neshama,” Marcella Pixley’s lyrically written novel-in-verse, won the gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle ...

Two bikes are helping students focus in York. A local father believes a few more bikes in schools could change how kids move, ...

A teacher from Luton surprised her grandchildren with a book inspired by stories she made up about one of their favourite cuddly toys.

We asked staffers at children’s publishing houses to tell us about their favorite children’s or YA book they read this year. Our only condition: it couldn’t be a book that their company had published.

A new children’s book portraying abortion as a "superpower" is drawing strong backlash from critics who say the authors are trying to normalize the procedure for young readers. "Abortion is Everything ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss ...

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 ...

James Marshall’s “George and Martha” books are witty and complex in their depictions of transformative friendship. By Hannah Kingsley-Ma There are few books my nephew and I agree on. This is because ...

Child development experts say that children develop their own sense of gender identity early on. But some kids and adults may find the topic of gender identity challenging or confusing, especially ...

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