100 Notable Small Press Books in 2025!
Independent small publishers help bring more diverse books to our libraries, and I get to read a bunch of them this year! I’m very excited to be a reviewer for LitHub’s 100 Notable Small Press Books. I’ll be reviewing traditionally published children’s books from small (less than 50 titles per year), independent (not an imprint of a big house like Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, or Hachette) publishing houses. Anything published between December 2024 and November 2025 is eligible.
Just like adults, kids need to read widely. They deserve to read about lives similar to theirs and lives very different from theirs, about familiar places and unfamiliar ones, about all the wonder that the wide world holds. I can’t wait to find some great new books to recommend.