Children’s Books
Children’s Book Roundup: June 2026

Big new titles perfect for the littles.

    Conspirator in Chief: The Long Tradition of Conspiracy Theories in the American Presidency
    The Golden Road

    Book Review

    The Golden Road

    By William Dalrymple

    A sweeping new assessment of the Subcontinent’s star player.

    Book Review

    You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads

    Why a 1930s Black activist could’ve gotten the chair.

    Book Review

    Fagin the Thief

    By Allison Epstein

    Fagin the Thief

    A Dickens villain gets an identity beyond “the Jew.”

    Feature

    Our Week in Reviews: 2/28/26

    A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

    Book Review

    A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing: A Novel

    A family’s fantastical secret is rooted in China’s violent past.

    Washington, DC

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    Book Review

    The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress

    An exquisite homage to the charts that plot the way.

    Book Review

    Simple Heart: A Novel

    By Cho Haejin; translated by Jamie Chang

    Simple Heart: A Novel

    A Korean adoptee searches for her origins in this too-neat tale.

    Washington, DC