★ THE RIVER OF CAREGIVING, a “reverent intergenerational” picture book by Jocelyn Chung and illustrator Sarah Gonzales, “highlights connections that endure across life and death, proximity, and age”
★ Richard Ho and illustrator Carmel Ben Ami’s “affecting” picture book A FLAME BURNS ON: LIGHTING THE YAHRZEIT CANDLE is a “gentle meditation [that] shows how connection endures in recalling lost loved ones”
★ Varsha Bajaj “underscores the cost of inaction in a heartfelt, page-turning call to stewardship,” her “absorbing eco-conscious” middle grade novel ROAR
★ Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo deliver “an enchantingly rendered legend” that’s “imagined in folkloric terms” in their picture book collaboration, BING’S CHERRIES
★ Jen St. Jude considers how the passage of time “can incite feelings of overwhelm, it can also be a gift, one that brings opportunities to heal, transform, and move on” in their “layered, cathartic” speculative YA novel, WHERE YOU’LL FIND US
Blast from the Past: PW Talks with Ernesto Cisneros buff.ly/sWSIpuO
“I want children to feel protective of books and of the inherent freedom of expression that goes into writing and publishing”: Jonah Winter on how he hopes his nonfiction picture book ‘The Burning of the Books’ helps readers recognize the danger of book bans buff.ly/KhdkqRV
Fall 2026 Children’s Sneak Previews buff.ly/gzHWjRf
Ciera Burch on the Wondrousness and Necessity of Libraries and Librarians buff.ly/rXS4GAk
Follett and Sora Team Up to Deliver E-books buff.ly/0K6xFi8
The Future of E-books in School Libraries buff.ly/xeOuWMN
OverDrive Taps Digital Strategy Expert Marc DeBevoise buff.ly/YUxm8YG
ALA Workers Initiate Union Drive buff.ly/GbmjyDy
PEN America, Publishers, Authors Join Together to Support Twin Cities Students buff.ly/TzxJ5bO
‘Same Ingredients, Different Recipe’ in Proposed U.S. Book Ban buff.ly/QboQ5NI
ABA Condemns Proposed National Book Ban buff.ly/MXai3Qx
Jason Low Issues Call to Action Against Book Bans buff.ly/20k2Y2B
Longtime teacher and author Ernesto Cisneros spoke with PW about how watching his own parents age inspired his time-traveling middle grade novel, Queso, Just in Time buff.ly/sWSIpuO
Jonah Winter discussed his nonfiction picture book ‘The Burning of the Books’ and how he hopes readers will recognize the need to safeguard intellectual freedom buff.ly/KhdkqRV
Fall Sneak Previews: see highlights of the children's and YA titles due out next season—including highly anticipated debuts, follow-ups to bestselling novels, and collaborations between favorite authors and illustrators—in our exclusive roundup buff.ly/gzHWjRf
“Librarians don’t have magic wands or that one perfect book that will cure anything that ails you, but they, and the libraries they care for, are still a type of magic”: Ciera Burch, author of ‘Olivia Gray Will Not Fade Away,’ reflects on the necessity of libraries and librarians buff.ly/rXS4GAk
OverDrive has found its next president in Marc DeBevoise, who has held top roles at video platform Brightcove and online content network CBS Interactive buff.ly/YUxm8YG
Employees of the Chicago-based American Library Association announced plans to form the ALA Workers Union, joining AFSCME Council 31 in Illinois buff.ly/GbmjyDy
PEN America is doubling down on its support for young people in the Twin Cities by co-hosting with Just Us Books and Penguin Random House a virtual event on March 10 buff.ly/TzxJ5bO
The American Booksellers Association has “deep concerns” about U.S. HR 7661, which would withhold funds from public school classrooms and school libraries alleged to make “sexually-oriented material” accessible to students buff.ly/MXai3Qx
HR 7661 Threatens to Withhold Federal Funds from Classrooms, Libraries buff.ly/QboQ5NI
Publisher and co-owner of Lee & Low Books Jason Low issues a call to action to fellow members of the children’s book community to focus their efforts on fighting book bans buff.ly/20k2Y2B
Follett Content and Sora, the student reading app from OverDrive, shared more about the partnership that will transition Follett customers to accessing digital content through Sora buff.ly/0K6xFi8
School libraries face shrinking budgets and a shifting vendor landscape for digital materials buff.ly/xeOuWMN
