Should we look upon the 21st century with optimistic hope or with fatalistic trepidation? Is the world and our society heading towards a wonder-filled new age, or toward a doomsday? Or are both ...

Kyle Lukoff, illus. by Levi Hastings. Simon & Schuster, Apr., ages 4–8 In what PW’s starred review called “an approachable, engaging work,” Newbery Honoree Lukoff details “how LGBTQ+ ...

This book offers a new perspective on dealing with life's difficulties and struggles. It discusses happiness, wisdom, and courage even in the most challenging situations. It conveys the idea that ...

featuring a rambunctious 6-year-old girl and her adventures through kindergarten and first grade, placed No. 71 on the American Library Association’s list of the Top 100 banned books from 2000-2009.

The books “don’t shut down debate, they generate it,” he added. Along with Balle’s and Latronico’s novels, the other shortlisted titles are: Image “Small Boat” by Vincent Delecroix ...

Free books would be sent to thousands of children from poor fam­ilies under a Coalition policy to fund a $3.8m Ready to Read ­program. Opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson said ...

NEW YORK — Removing books from library shelves is no longer just a story of objections from a local community or an individual parent, the American Library Association says. In its new State of ...

This illustrated book by Barroux explores themes of migration and refugees, difference and belonging as it tells the story of three polar bears adrift in the ocean after part of their ice float ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Yahya Edward Hendrawan, who is also known as ...