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Writers' Rumpus features K-Fai Steele’s LENA THE CHICKEN (BUT REALLY A DINOSAUR) in roundup of Dinosaur Picture Books that will Never Go Extinct

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Interviews Hillary Godwin 5/20/26 Interviews Hillary Godwin 5/20/26

Betsy Bird interviews Donna Barba Higuera about how FIRESNAKE became the Cuentista trilogy’s “hopeful dystopian conclusion” on SLJ’s Fuse 8 Production blog

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Reviews Hillary Godwin 5/20/26 Reviews Hillary Godwin 5/20/26

School Library Journal calls Matthew Cordell’s STARMAN “Expressive,” “engaging,” and “an exemplary picture book biography” in starred review

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Barb Rosenstock’s HOUDINI'S LIBRARY wins the PJ Library Grinspoon Jewish Story Award

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Interviews Hillary Godwin 5/15/26 Interviews Hillary Godwin 5/15/26

Vox features Jane K. Callahan, author of A DEATH DOULA’S GUIDE TO A MEANINGFUL END on “Today, Explained” podcast episode on the rise of death doulas

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Publishers Weekly features KITTY CATERPILLAR authors Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White for Picture of the Day

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Literary Arts and The Library Foundation host event with author Renée Watson and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for 2026 Everybody Reads program

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Interviews Hillary Godwin 5/15/26 Interviews Hillary Godwin 5/15/26

LIFE Magazine interviews Lala Watkins about HELLO, SUN! in article on Seuss Studios Books and Dr. Seuss’s Legacy

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Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 5/14/26 Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 5/14/26

NYT Bestsellers: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins remains #1 on the Children’s & YA Series list for week of 5/24/26

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NYT Bestsellers: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING, BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS and SNAKES, and THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy by Suzanne Collins take 5 spots on the Top 15 Children’s Audiobooks of the Month list for May 2026

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Awards Hillary Godwin 5/14/26 Awards Hillary Godwin 5/14/26

The 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards nominate NIGHT CHEF author-illustrator Mika Song for Best Publication for Kids Award and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist Award

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Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 5/12/26 Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 5/12/26

Capitol Choices selects SPLIT THE SKY by Marie Arnold and BLACK GIRL POWER, featuring a story by Renée Watson, for their 2026 Noteworthy Books for Children & Teens list (age 10-14)

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Capitol Choices includes X. Fang’s BROKEN, Jashar Awan’s EVERY MONDAY MABEL, and Matthew Burgess’s FIREWORKS on their 2026 Noteworthy Books for Children & Teens list (age 0-5)

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Capitol Choices selects Maxwell Eaton III’s A BOOK OF MAPS FOR YOU and K-Fai Steele’s LONE WOLF GOES TO THE LIBRARY for their 2026 Noteworthy Books for Children & Teens list (age 6-9)

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Awards Hillary Godwin 5/12/26 Awards Hillary Godwin 5/12/26

EVERY MONDAY MABEL by Jashar Awan is a 2026 Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award Finalist

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BROKEN by X. Fang is shortlisted for the 2026 Barnes & Noble Best Picture Book of the Year Award

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Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 5/11/26 Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 5/11/26

BookTrust includes BLUE, BARRY & PANCAKES MOUNT CHOCO MELTDOWN in the UK’s 2026 Bookbuzz Primary program

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Awards Hillary Godwin 5/11/26 Awards Hillary Godwin 5/11/26

SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins wins Children’s Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards

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Book Riot includes SHE KNOWS ALL THE NAMES by Michelle Jabès Corpora in “amazing continuations of great stories” roundup of Electrifying New SFF Books of May 2026

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InStyle quotes Caroline Perry, author of THE CORGI AND THE QUEEN, in article about Queen Elizabeth’s Beloved Royal Corgis

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