J. Anderson Coats latest novel, Spindle and Dagger, follows a Welsh girl who twists the truth in order to survive among a medieval warband.

Sadie, by Courtney Summers, follows a similar format to Serial while telling the fictional story of a missing girl determined to avenge her sister’s death.

J. Anderson Coats latest novel, Spindle and Dagger, follows a Welsh girl who twists the truth in order to survive among a medieval warband.

How do you cope with the loss of a parent? Willa and the Whale, by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown, explores grief and the healing power of hope.

Linda Sue Park’s middle-grade novel Prairie Lotus is a unique Asian-American story that will call to fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

How do you cope with the loss of a parent? Willa and the Whale, by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown, explores grief and the healing power of hope.

What do you do when your parents’ expectations aren’t something you can live up to? Sarah Jean Horwitz explores that idea in The Dark Lord Clementine.

Writing for young readers is a tremendous honor, says Nicole Valentine, author of the middle grade novel A Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity.

These are some picture books published in January and February 2020 that haven’t been featured on Cracking the Cover, but still deserve your attention.

From the minute my 5-year-old daughter picked up Chapter Two Is Missing, she was entranced. The picture book a laugh out loud read.

Flight for Freedom, by Kristen Fulton and Torben Kuhlmann, tells the story of two families who use a hot air balloon to escape from East Germany.

Having a deep understanding of children is key to creating for them, says Toni Buzzeo, author of the picture book When Sue Found Sue.