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Punycorn and the Princess of Thieves | This Week’s Comics
Lori Henderson  Jul 21, 2025
The Yarn LIVE with the 2025 Newbery Winners! (Part I)

The Yarn LIVE with the 2025 Newbery Winners! (Part I)
Travis Jonker  Jul 19, 2025
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Duck on a Bike by David Shannon

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Betsy Bird  Jul 21, 2025

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Cover Reveal and Q&A with Shifa Safadi: Sisters Alone

Cover Reveal and Q&A with Shifa Safadi: Sisters Alone
Betsy Bird | Blogs,  Jan 15, 2026
"I wanted my readers to accept themselves, and speak their truths. And so I had to speak mine first." Shifa Safadi joins us today to talk about what it truly takes to write an honest book for kids and also to reveal the cover of this new middle grade work!
38 Exceptional Works by Nina LaCour, Kadir Nelson, and More | Starred Reviews, January 2026

38 Exceptional Works by Nina LaCour, Kadir Nelson, and More | Starred Reviews, January 2026
SLJ Reviews,  Jan 15, 2026

A creepy YA focusing on Edgar Allan Poe's descendant, a nonfiction title honoring Black basketball players, and board book and audiobook offerings appear on the first starred list of 2026.

For Some Reason They Let me Interview Questlove & S.A. Cosby??? I’m Not Questioning It

For Some Reason They Let me Interview Questlove & S.A. Cosby??? I’m Not Questioning It
Betsy Bird | Blogs,  Jan 14, 2026
"They aren’t the cookie-cutter tweens and tweens, or cookie-cutter Black characters, or cookie-cutter parts of cookie-cutter families. They are complicated and outsiders and more admirable and loveable for it."
SLJ Book Reviews Editors’ Favorite Best Books Cover

SLJ Book Reviews Editors’ Favorite Best Books Cover
SLJ Reviews,  Jan 14, 2026

The 2025 Best Books list celebrates the many illustrations and design that make up the superb works published for children this year. Taking another look at this year’s selections, here are the SLJ book reviews editors' favorite book covers from the 2025 Best Books list. 

An SLJ Exclusive Interview with Erik J. Brown

An SLJ Exclusive Interview with Erik J. Brown
SLJ Reviews,  Jan 14, 2026

YA author Erik J. Brown speaks with SLJ about writing across genres, the value of found family, and the safety in thrillers.

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