Posted on April 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice! 

  • A new survey of parents with children 13 and younger found that just 40 percent of them agreed that reading aloud to kids is fun (The Guardian). 

  • Actor Pedro Pescal responded to author J.K. Rowling's celebration of trans people being excluded from legal protections as "heinous LOSER behavior" (Literary Hub). 

  • Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are working on the first new Gruffalo book; the untitled picture book is due out in September 2026 (The Guardian).

Categories: Today in Books

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