Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s currently a freelance writer and editor, and in addition to Book Riot, her pieces have appeared in School Library Journal, BuzzFeed News, The Lily, Parents, StarTrek.com, and more. She particularly loves children’s books, fantasy, science fiction, horror, graphic novels, and any books with disabled characters. You can read more about her bookish and parenting shenanigans in Book Riot’s twice-weekly The Kids Are All Right newsletter. You can also follow her kidlit bookstagram account @BabyLibrarians, or on Twitter @AReaderlyMom.
February children's book releases include books by well-known authors like Pam Muñoz Ryan, who wrote Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs .
From lyrical odes to Asian heritage to the first f/f crush in a picture book, January children's book releases have lots to choose from, like Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild & Charlene Chua.
Here's what it's really like to judge a children's book award, including the surprising best part of the process (it's not the free books!)
The crisp weather makes it the perfect time to snuggle up with a little one and read these 11 December children's book releases.
From new books by Jason Reynolds and Andrea Beaty to powerful books about Black history, November children's book releases have lots of gems!
October children's book releases include picture books like Interrupting Chicken: Cookies for Breakfast by David Ezra Stein, middle grade books like Living With Viola by Rosena Fung, and so much more.
Are you steadfast like Samwise? Adventurous like Legolas? Imaginative like Frodo? Take this Lord of the Rings quiz to find out.
Teethers? Felt flaps? Humor? I spoke with teachers, librarians, and children's bookstagrammers about what they think makes a good board book.
Check out some of the amazing children's book releases hitting shelves in September, including My Two Border Towns by David Bowles & Erika Meza.
From cat problems to Black joy to immigrant experiences, there’s an August children's book release for every kind of reader this month, including Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi & Juana Martinez-Neal.