Every year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of books that make great additions to your home library. The following picture books were published in 2025.
Browsing: ages 6 and up
The Ultimate Book of the Human Body is an interactive and comprehensive overview of how the human body works for middle readers.
Discover the new ecosystem that flourishes after a tree falls in The Tomorrow Tree: How Nature Creates New Life from Old.
Heading into the Halloween season, here are some books that set tone for festivities
Introduce young readers to foundations of the Jewish faith in My Little Book of Big Jewish Holidays, by Hannah Shafiroff.
From transformative summer vacations and creating a home to discovering artists and celebrating individuality, the following picture books are great summer reading options,
Explore ocean habitats and learn more about sea creatures in There’s an Ocean in This Book, by Rachel Elliot and Genevieve Lacroix.
Magic in a Drop of Water, by Julie Winterbottom and Susan Reagan, is a biography of scientist and environmental hero Ruth Patrick, one of the first to warn about the dangers of pollution.
Every year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of books that make great additions to your holiday library. The following were published in 2024.
Discover the who, what, when, where and why of rubber in Bounce! A Scientific History of Rubber, by Sarah Albee and Eileen Ryan Ewen.