🌷 April 2026 Staff Picks April is about to be in full bloom, and our staff picks are tapping into all the season’s biggest moments—from Mother’s Day and graduation gifting to warm weather wanderlust and big budget movie releases. Whether you’re putting the final touches on your spring assortments or looking ahead to summer themes like

by Jaliza Burwell, Charlesbridge, with Mary Wagley Copp, author of Sometimes We Pray In Sometimes We Pray, author Mary Wagley Copp celebrates the diversity of prayer practices around the world while highlighting the shared human longing for connection, hope, and belonging. Available as both a picture book and a board book, Sometimes We Pray encourages

The Easter bunny is getting ready for egg hunts and springtime fun! For anyone helping him build those all-important Easter baskets, we’ve got curated lists of some of our favorite new children’s books for Easter, along with bestselling favorites from the backlist. From fun activity books that keep little ones entertained even after all the

Mother’s Day is May 10, 2026! It’s the perfect time to celebrate the hard-working moms, grandmothers, aunts, and everyone who had a hand in raising us with a meaningful gift. Invite moms to unwind and de-stress with gifts that promote relaxation and self-care, or build a floral display around beautiful photo books of gardens and

Highlights is an instantly recognizable children’s brand that parents and kids have trusted for over 75 years. For decades, Highlights has inspired joyful childhoods with kid-friendly, parent-approved puzzles, games, workbooks and more. Now, the brand is expanding with exciting, interactive formats designed for a new generation craving creative, analog play! Blending Highlights’ fan-favorite Hidden Pictures

🌱 March 2026 Staff Picks March’s upcoming titles are all about comfort, joy, and self-care with springtime themes to brighten up any display! Help your customers shake off the winter blues and get back into the garden with Mary Berry’s new My Gardening Life, or pair Sourdough Everything with baking accessories to encourage, homemade slow living

In the world of cozy coloring, Coco Wyo reigns supreme! Featuring an adorable kawaii illustration style and bold lines for easy coloring, Coco Wyo has taken the coloring world by storm. The studio first found success via self-publishing, but after becoming a viral hit on TikTok and establishing a dedicated fanbase, they partnered with Penguin

💕 February 2026 Staff Picks From cozy coloring books and home gardening guides to children’s board book classics and springtime stories, February’s upcoming titles have everything you need to keep things fresh for your customers this spring! With holiday titles for Easter and Eid, exciting formats like card games and temporary tattoos, and delicious cookbooks

From Highlights Classroom parties. Snowy afternoons. The annual scramble to make valentines that feel a little more special than a candy-and-card combo. Valentine’s Day is packed with sweet moments—and plenty of “what do I do with them now?” downtime, too. That’s where Highlights comes in. These Valentine’s-ready activity books turn the holiday into screen-free, confidence-boosting

From Candlewick Press Happy New Year! As we enter 2026, Mac Barnett takes on his second year as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Through his platform Behold, The Picture Book! Let’s Celebrate Stores We Can Feel, Hear, and See, he strives to highlight the many ways picture books set a crucial foundation for a

🎆 January 2026 Staff Picks Galentine’s gifts, cozy coloring, and Easter books for kids are just a few of the titles on our January staff picks list! Start the year off right with inspirational, giftable, and topical books your customers won’t want to miss. Explore all upcoming titles and January staff picks in the collections linked

It’s the end of the year, and trend forecasters are hard at work predicting what will pop and what will flop in 2026. But with so many opinions, what do those forecasts really mean for your business? We’ve put together our own round up of some of the top themes we’ve spotted in retail sales