YA star Daniel José  Older (Shadowshaper) on becoming  the Star Wars franchise's go-to author. (Syfy Wire) New research from the University of Alberta and McGill University on teaching kids to read is critically important, even ... Read More »

Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will write a sequel to kidlit favourite Corduroy. (The New York Times) New illustrated edition of J.K. Rowlings's The Tales of Beedle the Barb will be illustrated by former U.K. children's ... Read More »

Mariko Tamaki was "vaguely obsessed" with the Lumberjanes graphic novels before signing on to write the new middle-grade series. (Publishers Weekly) HarperCollins Children’s Books wins auction for new detective series for middle-grade readers, written by British ... Read More »

Review of The River Bank, a "gently feminist" sequel to The Wind in the Willows. (The Washington Post) U.K. children's laureate, Lauren Child, says books are too cheap and devalued. (The Bookseller) Clifford the movie ... Read More »

  NPR books editor discusses the legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, on the 150th anniversary of her birth. (NPR) The Smithsonian displays their historic New England Primers, the school books that taught early American Protestant children ... Read More »

Beloved Finnish children's book characters the Moomins get a new animated series, starring Rosamund Pike, Taron Egerton, and Kate Winslet. (Variety) Nominees for this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature includes The Hate U ... Read More »