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Take a Bite: Kids' Cookbooks 2025

Compiled by Iyana Jones | 04/22/2025 @ 02:00PM

A new crop of cookbooks show young readers and aspiring chefs the joys of cooking.
Rights Report: Week of April 21, 2025

| 04/22/2025 @ 02:00PM

New deals for Ahmad Saber, Kim Smith, Maria Scrivan, and others.
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of April 21, 2025

| 04/17/2025 @ 02:00PM

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a child’s lucky lunchbox, a middle grade novel about a struggling Latina dancer, a YA novel about the impact of vaping, and more.
Rights Report: Week of April 14, 2025

| 04/15/2025 @ 02:00PM

New deals for Alexis Henderson, Vanessa Montalban, Nafiza Azad, Intisar Khanani, and others.
New and Noteworthy Children’s and YA Books: April 2025

By PW Staff | 04/14/2025 @ 09:00AM

Celebrate the start of spring with these fresh picks of the month for young readers, including a picture book about navigating an embarrassing moment, a graphic novel series starter about the founding of a creative club, a doomed-from-the-start YA love story, and more.
6 Inclusive Nonfiction Books for Kids and Teens

By Jasmina Kelemen | 04/11/2025 @ 07:00PM

New titles explore LGBTQ+ history and activism and offer nonjudgmental guidance.
These YA Novelists Celebrate Queer, Fat Characters

By Samantha Puc | 04/11/2025 @ 07:00PM

Crystal Maldonado, Julie Murphy, and other authors discuss the importance of joyful representation.
Cover Reveal: 'Little Rebels' by Yuyi Morales

By Sally Lodge | 04/10/2025 @ 04:00PM

In 'Little Rebels,' Caldecott Honoree Yuyi Morales draws on her Mexican heritage to inspire young readers to work together to be friends to the Earth and its beings.
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of April 14, 2025

| 04/10/2025 @ 02:00PM

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about helping translate for family, a middle grade novel in verse about the impact of gun violence in schools, a YA fantasy from a National Book Award finalist, and more.
Rights Report: Week of April 7, 2025

| 04/08/2025 @ 02:00PM

New deals for Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson, S.C. Bandreddi, Cassidy Ellis Salter, and others.
Rights Report: Week of March 31, 2025

| 04/02/2025 @ 03:00PM

New deals for Tlotlo Tsamaase, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Lora Senf, and others.
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of April 7, 2025

| 04/02/2025 @ 11:00AM

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a king’s new ban ahead of his birthday, a middle grade book following a tween’s budding romance, a YA series finale about a choice between love and loyalty, and more.
Magic Cat Announces Deal for Board Book Series with Jamie Oliver

By Emma Kantor | 03/31/2025 @ 09:00AM

Magic Cat has acquired a series of interactive board books from celebrity chef, restauranteur, television host, and cookbook author Jamie Oliver; the first four titles are slated for worldwide release on October 9.
Tahereh Mafi Returns to the ‘Shatter Me’ Universe

By Iyana Jones | 03/27/2025 @ 04:00PM

Tahereh Mafi marks a highly anticipated return to the Shatter Me universe with Watch Me, the first in a spin-off series set to release from Storytide, a new imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books, on April 15.
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of March 31, 2025

| 03/27/2025 @ 02:00PM

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a mammal’s big announcement, a middle grade novel about a tween’s experience at a theatrical summer camp, a historical graphic novel about two teens and their quest to expose systemic injustice, and more.
Suzanne Collins Has Another Hit in ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’

By John Maher | 03/27/2025 @ 09:00AM

The latest Hunger Games novel sold 1.2 million copies in the U.S. its first week, per Scholastic, with about 715,000 print copies sold according Circana BookScan—making it the year’s #3 overall bestseller.
Huda Fahmy on Airing Dirty Laundry Taboos in YA

By Huda Fahmy | 03/25/2025 @ 04:00PM

Comic book artist Huda Fahmy reflects on addressing stigmatized topics such as divorce and mental health within the Muslim community in her new book, 'Huda F Wants to Know?,' the followup to 'Huda F Are You?' and 'Huda F Cares?'
'The Night Before' Series Goes to the (Virtual) Dentist

By Pamela Brill | 03/25/2025 @ 03:00PM

'The Night Before the Virtual Dentist,' the latest title in Natasha Wing’s Night Before picture book series, is the collaboration of an entrepreneurial Maine bookseller and a local outreach program coordinator who turned a promising idea into an educational opportunity.
Rights Report: Week of March 24, 2025

| 03/25/2025 @ 02:00PM

New deals for Trish Lundy, Allison Saft, Lee Wind, and others.
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of March 24, 2025

| 03/20/2025 @ 02:00PM

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about learning to love a new city, a middle grade novel told from the perspective of a girl and an apartment building, a YA mystery about the downfall of a boarding school’s student hierarchy, and more.

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