Print Wins Out Over Digital for YA Readers

Readers in their teens and 20s still prefer print books to e-books. Check out their reasons here:

Young adult readers 'prefer printed to ebooks'

Best YA Novel of All Time

Entertainment Weekly had a Best YA Novel/Series of All Time bracket game that allowed readers to vote on what they thought deserved the number one spot.

And the winner is...

See the full list of contenders:

Best YA of All Time Bracket Game

Children's Books Still Lacking Diverse Female Characters

Feminist writer Soraya Chemaly looks at trends relating to the number of female protagonists and characters in middle grade and what it says about our society.

What Does it Mean that Most Children's Books Are Still About White Boys?

A Children's Champion

James Patterson, author of Maximum Ride, Witch & Wizard, and many others, is named the first Champion of Young Readers by the Library of Congress. Read more about it and what James Patterson had to say about it here: Library of Congress Names James Patterson Champion of Literacy

New Europe Imprint

Good news for Young Adult fans: New Europe is adding a YA imprint. Read about it here: New Europe Adds YA Imprint

Publisher's Weekly Top Children's Fiction of 2013

Do your favorites make the list? What do you think the top books were? See Publisher's Weekly list here: PW Best Books 2013.

Amazon's Top Picks for 2013

Amazon releases its list of Best Books of 2013. Take a look at the children's book lists (broken down by age) here:

Children's Books -- Best Books of 2013