News & Features

Literacy development depends on many factors, including access to learning that helps students crack the alphabetic code, their community's ability to meet social-emotional needs, and engaging curriculum. 

COVID may have taken a lot away, but it also gave family music a new, louder voice that will continue to evolve and grow. Here are 10 not-to-miss family music albums from 2020 and 2021.

The author and a young fan debate the finer points of Yelchin's memoir The Genius Under the Table, about growing up in Cold War Russia.

Sarah Bayliss has been named senior editor, features. Kara Yorio is now senior editor, news.

The coauthor of Chicka, Chicka 1, 2, 3 and other titles was teaching in Ukraine on a Fulbright Scholarship before being relocated to Warsaw, where he now helps resettle Ukrainian refugees.

Music recommendations for the classroom, transitional books, and a lovely read for Mother's Day are included in this month's 41 starred reviews, spanning picture books, chapter books, middle grade, YA, and more.

The combination of engaging tales, funny pictures, and language children can grasp while learning to read is propelling a booming market. 

Do you know a middle school superfan who wants to be on Author-Fan Face-off? Tell us about them, along with dream authors and books you'd like to see on the show. 

Not OK? That's OK. A reading list with diverse characters and authentic representation of mental health.