Here comes the sun, along with an excellent crop of new picture books to read in the warmth of its rays. 

Julie Booker explains how she became a convert of The Breadwinner series. 

Gorgeous picture books, middle -grade books to get kids hooked on reading, and hard-hitting YA titles.

Summer! So perfect, so ephemeral. And yet also potentially endless if you keep rereading these beautiful summery new books.

Sara O'Leary on Sadie as bildungsroman, the wisdom of five-year-olds, the genderization of play, and reading and empathy. Sara also suggests Sadie's …

Mothers come in many forms in these books that put moms in the spotlight. 

On finding the story inside history, and bringing it alive for kids. 

What is the magic and what is the meaning of the nursery rhymes that stay in our heads for a lifetime?