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Teen readers looking to the adult shelves will find much to enjoy in these recent releases that include fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels.

Fans of the Regency era and shows like Bridgerton will find much to love in these romantic takes on the genre that range from swoony London to anti-historical vengeance to modern teens at a Regency-themed summer camp.

There’s something about historical fiction that entices readers. These collected titles reach into the latter part of the 20th century covering romances, revolutions, and everyday life for today’s teens to explore.

These three disparate middle grade titles that feature plotlines informed by pandemics are especially relevant in the age of COVID-19.

Decades of disagreement over reading instruction may be waning as states around the country make the science of reading mandated curriculum. 

There are many ways to approach summer reading, but book clubs can bring students and school communities together with a focus on conversations not assessments.

The Bank Street College of Education’s Center for Children’s Literature has announced the 2023 winners of the Irma Black Award and Cook Prize, which went to Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty, illus. by David Roberts and Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep by Elaine M. Alexander, illus. by Fiona Fogg, respectively.

Community members without children in the schools won't be able to challenge books in one Tennessee district; Iowa tries to define "sex act;" and Maia Kobabe speaks with PEN America about Gender Queer, young readers, and the firestorm that came long after the graphic novel was published.

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.