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Roar by Varsha Bajaj A tiger-obsessed fifth grader finds purpose—and peril—awaiting him abroad in this absorbing eco-conscious adventure. Eleven-year...

★ Varsha Bajaj “underscores the cost of inaction in a heartfelt, page-turning call to stewardship,” her “absorbing eco-conscious” middle grade novel ROAR

11.03.2026 16:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bing’s Cherries by Livia Blackburne A Chinese immigrant to the U.S., whose name graces a popular cherry, is imagined in folkloric terms across this inventive pictur...

★ Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo deliver “an enchantingly rendered legend” that’s “imagined in folkloric terms” in their picture book collaboration, BING’S CHERRIES

10.03.2026 20:30 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Where You’ll Find Us by Jen St Jude St. Jude (If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come) dazzles with a layered, cathartic story about a transgender teen’s discovery of a magical li...

★ Jen St. Jude considers how the passage of time “can incite feelings of overwhelm, it can also be a gift, one that brings opportunities to heal, transform, and move on” in their “layered, cathartic” speculative YA novel, WHERE YOU’LL FIND US

10.03.2026 18:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Blast from the Past: PW Talks with Ernesto Cisneros buff.ly/sWSIpuO

10.03.2026 17:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“I want children to feel protective of books and of the inherent freedom of expression that goes into writing and publishing”: Jonah Winter on how he hopes his nonfiction picture book ‘The Burning of the Books’ helps readers recognize the danger of book bans buff.ly/KhdkqRV

10.03.2026 16:30 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Fall 2026 Children’s Sneak Previews buff.ly/gzHWjRf

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Ciera Burch on the Wondrousness and Necessity of Libraries and Librarians buff.ly/rXS4GAk

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Follett and Sora Team Up to Deliver E-books buff.ly/0K6xFi8

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The Future of E-books in School Libraries buff.ly/xeOuWMN

10.03.2026 14:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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OverDrive Taps Digital Strategy Expert Marc DeBevoise buff.ly/YUxm8YG

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ALA Workers Initiate Union Drive buff.ly/GbmjyDy

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PEN America, Publishers, Authors Join Together to Support Twin Cities Students buff.ly/TzxJ5bO

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‘Same Ingredients, Different Recipe’ in Proposed U.S. Book Ban buff.ly/QboQ5NI

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ABA Condemns Proposed National Book Ban buff.ly/MXai3Qx

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Jason Low Issues Call to Action Against Book Bans buff.ly/20k2Y2B

10.03.2026 11:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Longtime teacher and author Ernesto Cisneros spoke with PW about how watching his own parents age inspired his time-traveling middle grade novel, Queso, Just in Time buff.ly/sWSIpuO

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Jonah Winter discussed his nonfiction picture book ‘The Burning of the Books’ and how he hopes readers will recognize the need to safeguard intellectual freedom buff.ly/KhdkqRV

09.03.2026 22:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fall Sneak Previews: see highlights of the children's and YA titles due out next season—including highly anticipated debuts, follow-ups to bestselling novels, and collaborations between favorite authors and illustrators—in our exclusive roundup buff.ly/gzHWjRf

09.03.2026 22:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“Librarians don’t have magic wands or that one perfect book that will cure anything that ails you, but they, and the libraries they care for, are still a type of magic”: Ciera Burch, author of ‘Olivia Gray Will Not Fade Away,’ reflects on the necessity of libraries and librarians buff.ly/rXS4GAk

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OverDrive has found its next president in Marc DeBevoise, who has held top roles at video platform Brightcove and online content network CBS Interactive buff.ly/YUxm8YG

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Employees of the Chicago-based American Library Association announced plans to form the ALA Workers Union, joining AFSCME Council 31 in Illinois buff.ly/GbmjyDy

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PEN America is doubling down on its support for young people in the Twin Cities by co-hosting with Just Us Books and Penguin Random House a virtual event on March 10 buff.ly/TzxJ5bO

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The American Booksellers Association has “deep concerns” about U.S. HR 7661, which would withhold funds from public school classrooms and school libraries alleged to make “sexually-oriented material” accessible to students buff.ly/MXai3Qx

09.03.2026 20:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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HR 7661 Threatens to Withhold Federal Funds from Classrooms, Libraries buff.ly/QboQ5NI

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Publisher and co-owner of Lee & Low Books Jason Low issues a call to action to fellow members of the children’s book community to focus their efforts on fighting book bans buff.ly/20k2Y2B

09.03.2026 19:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Follett Content and Sora, the student reading app from OverDrive, shared more about the partnership that will transition Follett customers to accessing digital content through Sora buff.ly/0K6xFi8

09.03.2026 19:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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School libraries face shrinking budgets and a shifting vendor landscape for digital materials buff.ly/xeOuWMN

09.03.2026 19:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Muéganos by Jaque Jours Jours examines a young rabbit’s first steps toward independence in a tender solo debut. Just like the Mexican street candy with ...

★ Jaque Jours’s “tender” solo picture book debut THE MUÉGANOS “offers gentle insight into close bonds and needed change”

06.03.2026 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Landing in Place by Sherine Hamdy Hamdy (Lissa) and El Mir deliver a moving graphic novel that deftly explores a college student’s experience charting her own pat...

★ In their “moving” YA graphic novel LANDING IN PLACE, Sherine Hamdy and illustrator Myra El Mir present “layered explorations of complex intersections of identity, religion, and politics”

05.03.2026 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Great Frog by Katie Palazzola Two siblings make sense of a fragile world in an insightful picture book debut from Palazzola that’s set around a clutch of frog...

★ THE GREAT FROG—Katie Palazzola’s “insightful” picture book debut—“captures something essential about protecting vulnerability that’s worth dwelling on”

04.03.2026 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0