But if your family is world-famous wildlife conservationists, well, that’s just another day for 3-year-old Grace Warrior. She ...

As part of that partnership, Scholastic announced its national literacy program, the United States of Readers, is donating 22 ...

John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Newton’s New Year’s Day sermon in 1773, 252 years ago. One of the greatest hymns of all time, it has been part of countless ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and author Jules Feiffer died last week at age 95. We hear host Scott Simon's interview with him last fall, for his middle-grade graphic novel, "Amazing Grapes." ...

Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...

"If You Take a Groundhog Home as a Pet" is a new book by the East Memphis mother-and-son team of Kathleen Weatherford and ...

Alpacas in Green Pastures by Caroline Cornelissen from Monavea, Crettyard, follows a conversation between a mother alpaca and her cria (baby) Tahulla. The conversation explores the alpaca’s origin and ...

Erin Entrada Kelly's “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's ...

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...