Jennifer Krauss

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

From soul food on Sundays and tamales on Christmas Eve to wu gok on Dumpling Day.

Or take a cloud out on a walk, or climb the antlers of a deer.

From flashlight-under-the-blanket page-turners and music-infused time travel to a campy book about camp, here are 11 summer novels for comics-hungry kids.

What happens when some of our favorite creatures are left to their own devices.

Here are the most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by The Times’s children’s books editor.

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.