As any designated bedtime book reader knows: novelty is key. If you are ready to depart from the well-trodden tried-and-true, here are 10 new picture books that NPR critics and staff loved in 2024.

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this article misstated when "The Women" by Kristin Hannah is set. Women’s History Month is almost at a close, but there's still time to add ...

Who doesn’t love freebies? On your birthday, you can snag everything from shopping discounts to free coffee. And nearly every other week in the calendar year, there’s a special holiday like “National ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...