100th Anniversary Children's Book Week Poster Revealed

The centennial celebration of Children's Book Week, the nation's longest-running literacy initiative, will take place April 29 through May 5; the official poster, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Yuyi Morales, is revealed here for the first time.

Movie Alert: 'Five Feet Apart'

'Five Feet Apart' began its life as a screenplay, but as the script was being developed, one of the producers pitched an idea to Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers publisher Justin Chanda: how about publishing an adaptation of the story to be released in tandem with the film?

Flying High: The 2019 Golden Kite Awards

All that glittered was gold at the 2019 Golden Kite Awards & Gala held in New York City on February 8; click through to read about opening keynote, and acceptance speeches by winning authors and artists in a variety of categories.

2019 SCBWI Conference: Agents and Editors Give Advice

AT the SCBWI winter conference, a panel of agents and editors explained trends they are seeing in children's book publishing

Licensing Hotline: February 2019

Read on for news about Insight Editions' 'Missing Link,' Cottage Door Press's four new licenses, Scholastic's in-world handbook for the 'Pokémon: Detective Pikachu' film, Merrymakers' licensing program for Dog Man, the relaunch of Miffy licensing in North America, and more.

Bush Sisters to Co-host Children’s Book & Author Breakfast

The May 31 BookExpo breakfast will feature Lupita Nyong’o, author of 'Sulwe;' Tomi Adeyemi, author of 'Children of Virtue and Vengeance;' Eoin Colfer, author of 'The Fowl Twins;' and Da Chen, author of 'Girl Under a Red Moon.'

The On-Sale Calendar: May 2019 Children's Books

ALA Midwinter 2019 in Photos

This year's ALA Midwinter conference, held January 24–29 in Seattle, brought together librarians and publishers, educators, authors, and illustrators.

In Brief: February 7, 2019

This week, Billie Jean King approves of her picture book biography; Holly Black makes new friends; Debbie Levy and Jo Ann Allen Boyce celebrate their historical picture book; Deborah Underwood and Misa Saburi share their inspirations with readers; and Minnesota writers honor Robert F. Sibert Award winners.

Winter Institute 2019 in Photos

Click through to see our selection of children's book-related highlights from the 14th annual Winter Institute, which took place in Albuquerque from January 23–25.