Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s currently a freelance writer and editor, and in addition to Book Riot, her pieces have appeared in School Library Journal, BuzzFeed News, The Lily, Parents, StarTrek.com, and more. She particularly loves children’s books, fantasy, science fiction, horror, graphic novels, and any books with disabled characters. You can read more about her bookish and parenting shenanigans in Book Riot’s twice-weekly The Kids Are All Right newsletter. You can also follow her kidlit bookstagram account @BabyLibrarians, or on Twitter @AReaderlyMom.
From cats in space to pride parades and summer fun, there are so many good May children's book releases. Check them out!
April children's book releases feature new books by award winning authors like Kyle Lukoff and Dan Santat as well as fantastic debuts.
From Nina LaCour's debut picture book Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle to new middle grade with disability rep, there are so many exciting March children's books releases.
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February children's book releases include books by well-known authors like Pam Muñoz Ryan, who wrote Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs .
From lyrical odes to Asian heritage to the first f/f crush in a picture book, January children's book releases have lots to choose from, like Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild & Charlene Chua.
Here's what it's really like to judge a children's book award, including the surprising best part of the process (it's not the free books!)
The crisp weather makes it the perfect time to snuggle up with a little one and read these 11 December children's book releases.
From new books by Jason Reynolds and Andrea Beaty to powerful books about Black history, November children's book releases have lots of gems!
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.