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 The 2025 Best Manga roundup features haunting sci-fi, slow-burn romance, and charming friendship tales for middle grade and YA readers.

SLJ chats with the Pura Belpre–winning artist about the creative process for this year’s December Best Books cover.

Board books are benefiting from the surge in early childhood learning programs and literacy campaigns, with a 38% increase in sales from 2020 to 2024, according to Global Growth Insights. “Parents, educators, and publishers are increasingly investing in children’s illustration books due to their ability to enhance cognitive development and visual literacy.”

An audiobook of Tuck Everlasting is narrated by Alexis Bledel for its 50th anniversary; Stacy McAnulty goes to Venus in the latest "Our Universe" book. We herald these and more titles in our November stars list. 

EBSCO’s Literary Reference Ultimate is a robust, all-in-one digital resource tailored for students, teachers, and librarians exploring literature across cultures, time periods, and genres.

These three titles focus on intriguing, shocking, under-explored disappearances throughout history.

These series will appeal to readers who love thrills and chills, as well as those who like a tamer read.

This season’s collection of animal series offers many access points for young learners.

These series offer readers unique experiences and a lot of fun.