Two stories within stories that celebrate Indigenous cultures Moon Song by Michaela Goade (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 40 pages, ages 4-8). In this companion to Berry Song, the Tlingit family that gathered berries in the summer enjoys winter on the…

Two beautiful new picture books create stories within stories that celebrate Tlingit and Ojibwe cultures. @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @heathermoconnor.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/25/t...

Two monster books to make you laugh To Activate Space Portal, Lift Here by Antoinette Portis (Neal Porter Books, 56 pages, ages 4-8). Opening the front cover of the book takes readers immediately to a space portal that is opening up …

Two new picture books with aliens and monsters that will make you laugh! @geckopress.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/22/t...

Three feel-good picture books The House That Floated by Guojing (Random House Studio, 40 pages, ages 4-8). A couple lives in a small house perched on the edge of a cliff. Wordless pages show them enjoying their home and the sea…

Three new feel-good picture books! @jenniferkmann.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/19/t...

Early reader graphic novels: two mysteries and quite possibly the weirdest book ever! Cabin Head and Tree Head by Scott Campbell (Tundra Books, 88 pages, grades K-4). Obviously, Cabin Head is a creature with a cabin on his head, complete with a family inside and smoke coming out of …

Some new early reader graphic novels: two mysteries and possibly the weirdest book ever! @exocomics.com @andrewsmcmeelkids.bsky.social @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/14/e...

Rewriting the history books White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War and Rewrote History by Ann Bausum (Roaring Brook Press, 368 pages, grades 9 and up). Beginning with a list of the 20 lies covered in this book from “Sla…

How did we get to this point in history? You'll find some answers in these two new young adult books about how history has been told to get us here. @clintsmithiii.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/09/r...

A year in the life of a middle schooler Dear Jackie by Jessixa Bagley, illustrated by Aaron Bagley (Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 288 pages, grades 4-7). Jackie and Milo are best friends, born on the same day and growing up…

Two new graphic novels explore a year in the life of a middle schooler @jessixabagley.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/06/a...

Learning from the past A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura (Random House, 304 pages, grades 5-8). As he did in The Mona Lisa Vani…

What the past can teach us about climate change and the current political situation @yasimamura.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @cylev.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/03/l...

Fairy tales The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo, illustrated by John Picacio (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 60 pages, grades 3-6). There’s a party planned for the evening, but Cala doesn&#8217…

All kinds of interesting takes on fairy tales @johnpicacio.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @melissadassori.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/01/f...

Animal friendships Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso (Feiwel and Friends, 272 pages, grades 3-7). Zephrynia is a cat who likes to “rescue” (some would say steal) items tha…

A picture book mystery that turns out to be a sweet friendship story, and a new chapter book by Katherine Applegate perfect for elementary book clubs. @kaaauthor.bsky.social @alexggriffiths.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/29/a...

Interlink Publishing and books about Palestine Last weekend, I headed into Northampton, Massachusetts for the Read and Resist Fest at Interlink Publishing. Described as a “social justice and literary festival dedicated to collective liberation,…

Discover Interlink Publishing and their children's and YA books about Palestine. @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social @interlinkbooks.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/28/i...

Two (or more) of a kind The Taylors by Jen Calonita (Scholastic, 224 pages, grades 3-6). Taylor, a.k.a. Teffy, is nervous about starting fifth grade, which is at the middle school. She’s surprised and delighted to discove…

You'll see double--or quadruple--in these two fun middle grade novels that celebrate Taylor Swift, the Parent Trap, and the power of friendship and family. @jencalonita kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/23/t...

Courageous women of World War II The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis by Erin McGuire (Beach Lane Books, 40 pages, grades 2-5). Rose Valland loved art. As curator of Paris’s Jeu de Paume Museum, s…

What could be more timely than these two inspiring books that tell the stories of women creating and saving art, bringing light to a dark world. @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social @erinmcguire.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/25/c...

Christmas fact and Christmas fiction The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia by Alda P. Dobbs, illustrated by Emily Mendoza (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 40 pages, grades K-3, published simultaneously in Spanish as La flor generosa…

Christmas fact and Christmas fiction! @adamrex.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/19/c...

A ghostly vacation and a creepy operation The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly (Scholastic Press, 240 pages, grades 4-7). When Lila’s Grandpa Clem dies, leaving an old inn to her father, the whole family has to leave their home in P…

Some creepy fun from two well-known authors. @erinentrada.bsky.social @peterbrownstudio.com kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/15/a...

Early chapter books Sweet Magic (Witchycakes #1) by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Ariane Moreira (Random House Books for Young Readers, 80 pages, grades 1-4). Young witch Blue is still working on their magical powers, b…

Two series starters for early chapter book readers! @karalareau.bsky.social @toondoon1010.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/13/e...

Surviving tough times The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Carolrhoda Books, 32 pages, grades 1-5). When a hailstorm destroys their crops, Junior and his family are fo…

Two picture books show how family and community can help kids through tough times. @nancyrosep.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/09/s...

Science and nature Sunflower Seeds by Ellen Heck (Levine Querido, 48 pages, ages 4-8). A boy tells of his adventures growing sunflowers, starting when his kindergarten teacher reads a book about them near the end of …

The miracle of sunflowers as seen through the eyes of a kindergartner and poems that have all kinds of things writing letters to each other! @joycesidman.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/07/s...

Elementary heroines Dream On by Shannon Hale, illustrated by Marcela Cespedes (Roaring Brook Press, 240 pages, grades 3-6). Fourth-grader Cassie has a lot of big emotions as she navigates the difficult terrain of grow…

I'm always happy to find books featuring younger elementary protagonists, like the third- and fourth-graders in these new titles. @shannonhale.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/05/e...

Sci Fi graphic novels Rodeo Hawkins and the Daughters of Mayhem by John Claude Bemis, illustrated by Nicole Miles (Holiday House, 272 pages, grades 4-7). Sidney Poblocki is trying to convince his best friend Walt to try…

Two new middle grade science fiction graphic novels! @nicolemillo.bsky.social @holidayhouse.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/01/s...

Animals tell their stories The Camel Library: A True Story from Pakistan by Marzieh Abbas, illustrated by Anain Shaikh (Feiwel and Friends, 32 pages, grades K-3). Rashad the Camel narrates his story, beginning with his early…

Animals tell their stories in these two new nonfiction books. @marziehabbas.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/29/a...

Creepy characters that won’t scare anyone Aggie and the Ghost by Matthew Forsythe (Simon and Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 64 pages, ages 4-8). Aggie is happy to be living on her own for the first time, and then the ghost arrives. Not only…

With Halloween just ahead, here are two picture books with creepy characters that won't scare anyone! @andreazuill.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/24/c...

Cinderella stories CeeCee: Underground Railroad by Shana Keller, illustrated by Laura Freeman (Charlesbridge, 32 pages, grades 1-5). Cecelia, or CeeCee for short, knows that her real name is different, a name that sh…

Two very different takes on the Cinderella story. @shanakeller.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social @underwoodwriter.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/22/c...

Let’s visit the Goodreads 2026 Mock Newbery list! As you’ll see, I’ve been a little resistant to these three books, all of which are currently at or near the top of the Goodreads 2026 Mock Newbery list. I thought I’d dive into th…

Catching up on some of the Newbery contenders for 2026. @halseanderson.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/20/l...

Back to school I’m back to school this morning, so here are two more books to kick off the new year! If you’re looking for more ideas, check out my back-to-school book list. Fall Is for Beginnings by …

Back to school! Here are two new picture books to help ease the transition. @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @abhialwar.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/18/b...

This magic moment Dawn by Marc Martin (Candlewick, 48 pages, ages 4-8). Each page has just one word, starting with “Dawn” and ending with “Sun”. In between, all sorts of animals and plants ca…

Two new picture books celebrate the magical nature of ordinary moments. @candlewickpress.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/15/t...

Family: it’s complicated Danilo Was Here by Tamika Burgess (HarperCollins, 304 pages, grades 5-8). Danilo’s family has gone through tough times since his beloved Papá left for the United States to try to find work, s…

Two new middle-grade novels show how complicated families can be. @briespangler.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/12/f...

Picture books from well-loved series Kitty Camp by Drew Brockington (Harry N. Abrams, 40 pages, ages 4-8). In this follow-up to Puppy Bus, a girl accidentally gets on the wrong camp bus. She’s way more enthusiastic than the Pupp…

Two new picture books from well-loved series. @drewbrockington.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/10/p...

Science acclaim, a mouse’s name, and the G.O.A.T. of the game Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas by Michelle Cusolito, illustrated by Ellen Rooney (Charlesbridge, 32 pages, grades 1-5). Maude Delap never left home or went to school, …

Three inspiring new picture book biographies. @mcusolito.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social @carolinelperry.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/07/s...

Mysterious creatures of the deep In the World of Whales by Michelle Cusolito, illustrated by Jessica Lanan (Neal Porter Books, 52 pages, grades K-4). When a small boat with people in search of sperm whales spots a clan, a free div…

Two picture books about mysterious creatures of the deep. @mcusolito.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/05/m...

Early reader series from well-loved authors and illustrators Owlets and Tarts (Mouse and Spoon) by Cynthia Rylant (Simon Spotlight, 32 pages, ages 4-8). Ginger, Piper, and Tom are three mice who run the Mouse and Spoon Bakery. When a sleepy owl dad shows up …

Enjoy some new beginner reader series by beloved authors and illustrators. kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/02/e...