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Tag: 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 […]
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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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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Review of the Day: The House With Nobody In It by Jon Klassen
This book works its way into the fissures and cracks of children's gray matter, affecting their reading preferences for, potentially, their entire life. For that to happen, you need something a little weird, and special. You need a book like this.
A Just Right Q&A with Torrey Maldonado
"For decades, I’ve published middle-grade books, but this time, the picture book format chose me. Picture books break down BIG feelings and ideas in quick, easy ways. The format helped me break down my big feelings." We talk with Torrey Maldonado about ALL the feels!
Dan Santat Has a New Graphic Novel Series! We Have the Cover Here Today! And a Q&A! Can You Tell I’m Excited?!?!
"After publishing A First Time for Everything I’ll admit I was a little burned out and wanted to shift back into doing something silly and appealing to kids." Dan Santat discusses his latest (very silly) graphic novel series.
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