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From video games and documentaries to anime and tabletop RPGs, these standout stars shine at the top of their categories.

Our starred middle and high school nonfiction offerings for the first half of 2025 are sure to keep readers engaged and informed. 

These six titles show that good things come in small sturdy packages. Board books, for the pre-literate and newest readers, continue to surprise and delight in equal measure, and fly off the shelves for story hours.

From Pakistan to Spain to ordinary neighborhoods, the power of books has never been more visible than in these 65 gems plucked from the mines of picture books published in the first half of 2025. 

These three titles feature tweens with parents navigating incarceration and detention in the United States.

This month includes transitional books, holiday titles, poetry reads, and more receiving special recognition.

In this golden age of anime, these beginner-friendly films and series provide librarians with a strong starting point for introducing the format to new audiences.

From figure skating dreams to dungeon crawler adventures, these seven popular manga titles with recent anime adaptations offer something for every taste and age.

ClickView’s roughly 12,000 videos and movies, ranging from under a minute to full-length documentaries, are curated by a team of educators, searchable via keyword, and can be filtered by grade level, rating, production year, and length.