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Florence Minor, best known for numerous picture book collaborations with her husband, illustrator Wendell Minor, died on May 21 after a battle with ovarian cancer; she was 74.

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Future Black History Maker: McKenzie Mills, 11, attends W.H. Owen Elementary School in Fayetteville and wants to be a lawyer when she grows up.

/PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure® (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of Fairy House, a new Dragonlark...

When the CEO of Scholastic died suddenly last year, he left control of the family empire to a former colleague—his ex-girlfriend. Now there may be a showdown brewing over billions of dollars in kids’ fare.

Check out our comprehensive A-to-Z listings of publishers’ spring offerings for kids and teens, and more, in our Spring Announcements issue.

Each year, students from across the Ketchikan School District test their skills in a bookish battle. The Battle of the Books program is presented through the Alaska Association of School Librarians. Each spring, AASLA releases a list of books tailored for student participants in kindergarten through 12th grade, and the students have the majority of the year to read all the books on the list. Then, in the fall, at the beginning of the next school year, students form teams and engage in “bat...