From fairy tales and galaxies far, far away to fantasy football and spooky fetes, our picks for July’s best books for young readers are sure to banish kids’ summer boredom. Here are nine titles to add to their bookshelves this month.

Kids never really outgrow fairy tales. After all, doesn’t everyone want to believe that something mystical exists, even if it’s only between the pages of a great book? Check out our picks for magical middle-grade series—including Chris Colfer’s Land of Stories books in which fairy-tale and classic storybook characters collide, the enchanting adventures of best […]

Glee star and author of the wildly popular “The Land of Stories” series Chris Colfer came to B&N to an event that filled the store. Fans had been waiting in line outside since the evening before (he brought everyone in the line cookies!), and the line snaked down four floors of the Union Square Barnes & […]

Young readers had a great reading year in 2015—and so did those of us who know that books for young readers are awesome for readers of all ages. From a long-awaited new book in the Dork Diaries series to a memoir by baseball star Mo’ne Davis (and a semi-autobiographical novel by baseball star Derek Jeter!), not to mention another installment in Stuart Gibbs’s wickedly funny Spy School series, the hits just kept on coming. And for that, we are grateful. If you’re looking for a terrific book or two for your middle schooler, look no further than the titles below.

There are some tropes that never get old, and new takes on classic fairy tales is definitely one of them! Every year there seems to be more of these awesome books magically coming out of the woodwork, and I can understand why: When you are told a story at a young age that sticks with you […]