Charlesbridge Publishing

Celebrate the dads, grandfathers, and father figures who make every day special📚

Explore our Father’s Day children’s book collection for heartwarming reads perfect for gifting, sharing, and making memories together.


Picture books

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to these two fantastic new picture books!

📚 A LIGHT FOR LUCINDA / UNA LUZ PARA LUCINDA by Olga Herrera. Set during the Cuban Revolution, this lyrical picture book honors the human instinct to provide order and stability during times of chaos and strife with poignant, uplifting storytelling. Available in English and Spanish editions!

📚 WHO’S MAKING THAT BIG STINK?! by Darrin Lunde and illustrated by Erica J. Chen. Animals make all sorts of smells for all sorts of reasons! Can you guess the stinker from its stink? Simple clues and laugh-out-loud art make this guessing game perfect for rowdy read-alouds.

🌊Celebrate World Ocean Day with ocean books for kids that inspire curiosity, discovery, and a love for our blue planet.

From fascinating marine life books and children’s STEM books to fun ocean adventures and conservation stories, these reads help young explorers learn, imagine, and care for the world beneath the waves.

Perfect for summer reading for kids, classroom collections, and family bookshelves alike.

Which ocean theme would your young reader dive into first? 🐳

Celebrate Black Music Month this June with inspiring picture book biographies featuring legendary artists and cultural icons, including Debbie Allen, Sonny Rollins, and more. ✨

📚 REMEMBER HER NAME! DEBBIE ALLEN'S RISE TO FAME by Tami Charles and illustrated by Meredith Lucius.
📚SONNY'S BRIDGE by Barry Wittenstein and illustrated by Keith Mallett.
📚STRUTTIN' WITH SOME BARBECUE by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Rachel Himes.
📚DUKE ELLINGTON'S NUTCRACKER SUITE by Anna Harwell Celenza and illustrated by Don Tate.

Happy World Environment Day! 🌿 To celebrate, we’re sharing six kids’ books that educate, entertain, and empower young readers to make a positive difference for our planet.🌍

➡️And these are just a few of the many wonderful titles out there, so be sure to check the final slide for even more book recommendations to inspire environmental awareness and action.

🎉Happy book birthday to these two new, wonderful reads!

📚NO BRAIN THE SAME by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley. Illustrated by Jeanette Bradley. Through fourteen powerful poems, this book honors neurodivergent youth activists transforming their communities and invites kids to act.

📚LAST TO LEAVE by Teresa Richards. A must-read for murder-mystery fans! This fun novel follows seventeen-year-old up-and-coming video game streamer, Fallon, who earns a coveted spot in the new 1920s-themed murder-mystery reality game, SleuthIt. Her objective seems pretty straightforward: play the game, solve the mystery, and win the million-dollar prize. The fact that she’ll do it all on livestream with seven other young content creators only makes things better, but as secrets come out, the lines between ally and adversary blur.

This Pride Month, we’re celebrating stories that encourage young readers to be confident, courageous, and true to themselves. 🌈📚

From empowering role models to stories of love, these books encourage readers to embrace individuality and celebrate the many ways families can be formed ✨

Stories can’t erase hard feelings, but they can help kids feel seen. 💛
This thoughtfully chosen collection of 6 picture books opens the door to conversations about worry, frustration, sadness, fear, and more in ways children can truly understand.