This year’s theme is Color Our World. Emily Windver from the Youth Services Department at A.K. Smiley Public Library shares ...

Ten of 17 judges held that a public library’s removal of books from circulation doesn’t implicate its patrons’ “right to receive information.” Judge Duncan hammers the lack of standards ...

Several votes in Congress could have significant impacts on California. The GOP-controlled House voted last week to pass a budget bill, which could remove Medicaid coverage for millions of ...

Also, California wine produces its smallest harvest in 20 years. Finally, Sacramento artist Ryan Seng’s debut book “Love it All, F**k it All.” To close a projected $12 billion budget ...

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May 21, 2025 • We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.

44.9 x 29.5 cm. (17.7 x 11.6 in.) ...

BUY THIS BOOK What Is Inside This Box? (Money and Cake) Drew Daywalt, illus. by Olivier Tallec. Orchard, $9.99 ... informative start to an early reader series, Daywalt (The Day the Crayons Quit) ...

Their vocabulary explodes as does their need to explore everything. What books are good for 2-year-olds? Storytime needs to be engaging and fun which is why I made a list of the best books for a ...