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Keep the #ChildrensBookWeek celebration going with beautiful and inspiring bookmarks! These bookmarks, keeping with the theme An Ocean of Stories, are available to print and distribute to children, teens, & book lovers everywhere! Find them: everychildareader.net/cbw/book-creat… #StoryOcean

PW Children's Bookshelf has relocated to Bluesky. Follow us there for all your children's and YA book news!

Follow PW Children's Bookshelf on Bluesky for the latest news on children's and YA books!

PW Children's Bookshelf has relocated to Bluesky. See you there!

When Erica S. Perl’s school visit was canceled, she fought back and won | School Library Journal buff.ly/yhnKPLF

★ Galia Bernstein’s “digital images [contain a] wonderful sense of extravagance” in Thor Hanson’s THE ESCAPE ARTIST: A TRUE STORY OF OCTOPUS ADVENTURE, “cephalopod catnip for readers who are just beginning to feel the stirrings of independence, ingenuity, and curiosity about…

We asked agents and editors what’s on the horizon for YA this spring, summer, and beyond, from vacation romances to dark academia and high-stakes heists buff.ly/HhfCZKw

★ Sarah Guillory’s “smartly balanced novel” GUS AND GLORY “strikes notes tough and tender” and reflects on “feelings about showing up for loved ones” buff.ly/tAfPlQ6

Picture Books to Help Children Who Worry | Brightly buff.ly/cGUG3Tk

★ “Chris Raschka’s clever art is an ideal partner to Rachel Vail’s highly readable, percussive text” in “standout social-emotional book” YOU AND ME, ANEMONE: A STORY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND PERSONAL SPACE buff.ly/UIdYAxo

★ “Sparkling character personalities make cast interactions leap off the page” in Ebony LaDelle’s “timely, touching novel” THIS COULD BE FOREVER, that “probes themes of self-reflection, cultural identity, and the connective and healing power of love” buff.ly/1K4Ekyk

Utopian Dreamers Founded This Alabama City. Now, a Fight Over Books Is Dividing It | New York Times buff.ly/XA2eGcC

★ Daniel Nayeri “considers the effects of WWII on two Iranian children” in THE TEACHER OF NOMAD LAND ,a “heart-piercing historical novel” featuring “lush details and taut plotting” buff.ly/xrfs0RW

"I created 'Arthur.' Trump's PBS funding cut is a loss for kids everywhere"; an op-ed by Marc Brown | USA Today buff.ly/y17C0qd

Lisa Frenkel Riddiough and illustrator Andrea Tsurumi ensure that “readers will come away knowing just how to survive life’s minor mortifications” in their picture book EMBARRASSED FERRET, a “buoyant series starter focused on social-emotional development” buff.ly/lALpu8c

Picture Books That Celebrate Jewish Heritage and Culture | Brightly buff.ly/8HOxgfx

Have you read the latest Children's Bookshelf? buff.ly/dfsWbhC

Judge Grants IMLS a Temporary Reprieve in ‘ALA v. Sonderling’ buff.ly/mTvjUlb

In Brief: May 1, 2025 buff.ly/8ZUokTn