Happy New Year! We are officially a week into the new year, which usually means new goals, new planners, and most importantly… new books! Take a look at our first round of newest releases in 2023 (and maybe spend a little bit of that leftover holiday money while you’re at it). ADULT FICTION: ADULT NON

The best Picture and Middle Grade books to share the joy of reading.

Penguin Young Readers will publish a companion to Chelsea Clinton’s #1 New York Times bestselling picture book SHE PERSISTED. SHE PERSISTED AROUND THE WORLD: 13 Women Who Changed History is scheduled for publication March 6, 2018.   The news was announced last night on Extra TV in an exclusive interview with AJ Calloway. Watch the interview

The New York Times exclusively reported that ISLANDBORN, a debut picture book by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Junot Díaz and illustrated by Leo Espinosa, will be published in March 2018 by Penguin Young Readers. Per the Times:  “Islandborn” is a picture book — Mr. Díaz’s first work of fiction for young readers. It grew out of