Best Books of 2026
Review of the Day: The Moon Without Stars by Chanel Miller
The Moon Without StarsBy Chanel MillerPhilomel (an imprint of Penguin Random House)ISBN: 9780593624555$17.99Ages 12-14On shelves now A lot of books claim to feel like Judy Blume’s Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret, but nine times out of ten that just means that they either discuss religion and/or they discuss periods. Folks forget that the […]
“A giant, homesick man who bred tiny, famously delicious fruit?” We Discuss Bing’s Cherries with Julia Kuo and Livia Blackburne
This is one of those rare cases where I read the book and then prostrated myself before the publisher, begging to interview the creators because I thought their title was so original and important. And believe me when I say that this is not something I do very often.
BEAVERS!!! My Favorite Rodent Gets a Q&A with Alison Pearce Stevens and Natasha Donovan About When Beavers Move In
Beaver believers, unite! Hands up if you're crazy about these little engineering whizzes. I get to discuss all things beaveresque with the two highly skilled creators of my new favorite beaver book.
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This Q&A and Cover Reveal Has Nine Lives: We’re Talking The New Cat with Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic and Chris Park
2026 may officially be The Year of the Horse, but in the picture book world it seems a lot more like The Year of the Cat. Take a gander at what may be one of the coolest (and most touching) feline contributions to children's literature.
Review of the Day: The Muéganos by Jaque Jours
Jours adeptly takes an incredibly silly idea and manages to make it poignant and universal in one fell swoop. This is a story about breaking a family apart, but in the best way possible.
It’s a Belgian Cover Reveal Day! A Talk with Leo Timmers About Kiki & Me
Today I reveal the cover of one of the truly great picture books of 2026. I also get to talk to Leo Timmers and ask him about his painting process (something I've wondered about for years).
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Your Jon Klassen, or, What’s Up With All the Board Books?
We talk today with the often imitated (and never replicated) Jon Klassen about why, precisely, he's been so drawn to the board book form recently (and what it has to give).
Review of the Day: My Bicentennial Summer by G. Neri, ill. Corban Wilkin
Neri takes the facts of what happened when his family embarked on the road trip to beat all road trips, and ties that summer during the bicentennial into the state of the country today. Deeply fun, utterly smart, and visually arresting.
A Nicholas Day/Corey Tabor Cover Reveal and Q&A? It’s Gotta Be a Look at A Riddle of Eels
"An irony of having so many excellent nonfiction books for children is that it can appear that we already know everything: that our world is all mapped, archived, indexed, sorted. That’s not true, of course. But it can feel that way."
Review of the Day: A Scar Like a River by Lisa Graff
Sometimes an author just works themselves up to the book of a lifetime and you are lucky enough to watch that happen in real time. That’s pretty much what we have here. The kids that get to read this book for the first time are lucky too.
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