American Library Association Announces Youth Media Awards: The 2026 Youth Media Awards, for books published in 2025, were announced by the American Library Association on January 26, 2026. The Newbery Medal was awarded to Renee [continue reading]
Concept Books for Storytime
Revised January 2026 Concept Books Aguila, Maria Dolores. Menudo Sunday: A Spanglish Counting Book. Alakija, Polly. Counting Chickens. Anderson, Derek. Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure. Anon. The ABC’s of Baby’s Needs: A Sign Language [continue reading]
Circular Picture Books for Storytime
Revised January 2026 Circular – such as Laura Numeroff’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (HarperCollins, 1985) or Jules Feiffer’s Back George (HarperCollins, 1999). Archer, Peggy, and Anne Wilsdorf. A Hippy-Hoppy Toad. Barnett, Mac. [continue reading]
Cumulative Picture Books for Storytime
Revised January 2026 Cumulative – such as The House That Jack Built by various authors, Don and Audrey Wood’s The Napping House (Harcourt, 1984), or Laura Thompson’s The Apple Pie That Papa Baked (S&S, 2007). [continue reading]
“KPop Demon Hunters” Programming Ideas
“KPop Demon Hunters” Programming Ideas The most popular film for children in 2025 was the surprise anime musical “KPop Demon Hunters,” which aired on the Netflix streaming service. The animated film celebrates Korean pop [continue reading]
Fractured Fairytales
Revised January 2026 Revised January 2026 Aesop’s Fables Hartman, Bob. The Wolf Who Cried Boy. Lessie, Pat. Fablesauce: Aesop Reinterpreted in Rhyming Couplets. Levine, Gail Caron. Betsy Who Cried Wolf. Rosenthal, Paul. Yo, Aesop! Get [continue reading]
Six Preliteracy Skills
Six Preliteracy Skills and Picture Books That Promote Them Revised January 2026 Storytimes include books that encourage all of the six preliteracy skills important for preschoolers to learn, so that they are ready to [continue reading]
Five Parent Practices
List of Picture Books That Promote the Five Parent Practices Revised January 2026 Many libraries are helping parents to prepare their young children to learn to read, using tips from Every Child Ready to [continue reading]