Kimberly Fakih

With fascinating topics across fiction and nonfiction, these 21 board books make babies and toddlers happy, keep them engaged, and don't wear out caregivers on the first reading.

By reaching back two generations to the abuses suffered by her grandmother in boarding school, Carole Lindstrom, author of the Caldecott Medal-winning 'We Are Water Protectors' reclaims a piece of Indigenous culture about the power and beauty of long hair.

Impeccable art and lyrical and child-friendly text set these 27 titles apart from everything else we read this year.

Stellar research, unexplored histories, scientific breakthroughs, and heartbreaking truths loom large in this whopping list of 52 choice nonfiction works.

Back to school means time to revisit Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's How to Raise an Antiracist. This New York Times bestseller is his answer to the many questions parents and educators have on how to bring children into conversation, about how to be better citizens in the world, and how to treat their peers with compassion and inclusion.

From quiet books that took off to those that just gave him 'that feeling,' Neal Porter takes the lessons of legends and puts his own spin on an award-winning collection of books spanning decades. 

In this installment of SLJ ‘s "Milestones" series, we've collected books to help parents introduce new arrivals into the family, whether they come by stork or by plane.

In SLJ's new "Milestones" series that takes on topics for young children with relevant book suggestions, we round up some effective, affecting titles that take on death. 

Our 2021 best picture books list boasts 24 excellent works for children, including two bilingual books and several glowing tributes to mothers.