Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

These books are short and easy to read but pack an outsized emotional punch. Courtesy the publishers The preteen years are fraught with emotion and change, and a lot of us forget just how much we ...

"Middle grade is dead! Middle grade is dead!” the press proclaims. And while it’s true that a 2024 report from Circana BookScan showed that print unit sales of middle grade books fell 5% in the first ...