Margaret Kingsbury is a freelance writer, editor, website assistant, and all-around book nerd based in Nashville, TN. In addition to Book Riot, her pieces have appeared in BuzzFeed Books, School Library Journal, Star Trek, Parents, The Lily, SFWA, and more. She writes children’s books and fantasy miscellanea in the slivers of time between parenting, working, and reading. Once upon a time, she worked as an English adjunct and a bookseller, but she much prefers work-from-home life. In her free time, she hikes and talks to birds. One day, she’ll understand their responses. Follow her on Instagram @BabyLibrarians or Twitter @AReaderlyMom.
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.
Keep the kids engaged with creativity with drawing books like How to Draw Cute Stuff: Draw Anything and Everything in the Cutest Style Ever! by Angela Nguyen.
Whether kids are learning about pronouns or escaping into South Indian mythology, these July children’s book releases are sure to be a hit.
Calling all diverse women writers! LitUp, a writer’s fellowship from Reese’s Book Club and We Need Diverse Books, is accepting applications.
These nine middle grade novels with disabled main characters show the depth and breadth of disabled pre-teen experiences.
This analysis looks at disability representation in children's books and what needs to change in the industry to make it more inclusive.