In Barney Saltzberg’s new picture book Rabbit’s Feat, a single-minded rabbit channels his smarts and ingenuity to finally unite long-time friends Boulder and Cactus. Miles and miles away, a bright and brave little girl shrewdly avoids becoming a hungry shark’s dinner in Daniel Bernstrom’s picture book One Day at the Bottom of the Deep Blue... Read More

In Lauren Paige Conrad’s new picture book This Is Our City (a continuation of the ode to creativity at the heart of This Is a Window), kids work together to transform an ordinary backyard into a thriving metropolis and keep an eye out for their elusive mayor. Kirkus Reviews calls it “a winsome foray into... Read More

Our environmentally-focused books feature stories that praise (and protect) our precious planet. Read More

National Financial Literacy Month is an economy-based observance celebrated in April that's aimed to raise awareness about teaching smart money management skills. Our books in the Dollars to Doughnuts series are on the money -- ideal to hand to young readers who need to get financially savvy. Read More

April is National Poetry Month, and we’re so proud to share these poetry books for young readers. Read More

Thank you, math teachers. How do you do it? You somehow make children know math and you do it with style. Here are a selection of books filled with math concepts just right for elementary school learners. The Arithmechicks & CATastrophe Tale Series! Math is a breeze to master with math-loving kittens and the Arithmechicks!... Read More

In these picture books, young readers can learn about Eid and Ramadan, religious holidays celebrated by Muslim families every year... Read More

Dragonfall begins with a brief description of the five dragon gods worshipped in The Lumet. I thought I would take this opportunity to talk a little more about the magic and religion of the Dragon Scales series.  Magic in The Lumet has two strands—elemental magic and a softer magic—and each god has a patron saint... Read More

March is Women’s History Month! Astra Books for Young Readers is celebrating with exciting new titles — some available now, others releasing later this Spring — that bring to life the stories of extraordinary women who shaped history in unexpected ways. Want to discover who they are? Keep reading! Kate Warne: The mission of America’s... Read More

On a planet oppressed by parasitic gods, a young prince possessed by a god-killing demon, and the unlikely allies—a disgraced exorcist and the boy’s estranged mother—must decide whether to save the world or conquer it. Editor Aranya Jain has acquired World rights in a two-book pre-empt deal for THE DEMON STAR, an epic science fantasy... Read More