Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

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With “Privacy, Please!” a longtime cybersecurity expert wants preschoolers to start learning about digital privacy.

The book features interactive pages that kids can spin, flip and lift to reveal different looks and scenes from Styles' life. By Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh is being feted with a ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...

Whenever we have a free afternoon, my nine-year-old and I visit our favorite bookshop. By now, we have a routine. Ella makes a beeline to the graphic novels. Unlike prose, which takes her days to read ...

The 24-page picture book chronicles Bennett's inspiring path to success, and the impact he left with his seven decade-long career If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a ...

Much like the changing tide that brings new treasures to the shoreline, the 2025 Children’s Book Week will be revealing a host of programming treats—tied into its “An Ocean of Stories” theme—for ...