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 ...

Melissa Taylor is a former teacher and literacy trainer as well as a mother of two, blogger, and children’s book expert. She created and writes the popular blog Imagination Soup. She is also a ...