Our Most Anticipated Kids Books of January 2024
Is there anything more fun that taking a young person to the bookstore and watching them pick out a book…
Scott Berkowitz
Scott Berkowitz is the Category Manager for Children’s Books at Barnes & Noble. Basically, he reads and plays with picture books all day. After studying finance at Northeastern University and then business management at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, he made the natural transition to the World of Children’s Books. He’s been at Barnes & Noble since 2016 and when he isn’t flipping through books in a bookstore he’s flipping through books at home with his wife and two young children, Jack and Leah. He loves his family very much yet continues to make them root for the New York Mets.
Beautiful Books for the Aspiring Artist (Ages 2-5)
Perfectly sized for little hands, these gorgeous books help children connect everyday life and classic art. These smart, elegant books…
Curiosity and Imagination: A Conversation with Oliver Jeffers
B&N: Curiosity and imagination are always at the center of your books. Begin Again is no exception, but it does…
The Most Showstopping Picture Books
How do you build a reader? Spend time reading to your teenie-tinies (funny voices a plus, of course), talk about…
An Alternative to Screens? Yes, Please!: Our Favorite Kids Audiobooks to Enhance Storytime
For a parent or caregiver, there’s a delicate balance between educating and entertaining the little ones in our lives. Of…
Riding the Roller Coaster of Life with Mo Willem’s Pigeon.
Life is tricky. You could argue that, but why? Do you have that much free time? You do? Oh. Okay,…
Kickstart Social-Emotional Learning for Back to School
“Back to School” can mean different things to different people. To children, it signals a few more days by the…
5 Hints about Amari and the Great Game
Barnes & Noble booksellers around the country awarded Amari and the Night Brothers the Overall Winner in our inaugural Children’s…
7 Books for Older Siblings-to-Be
A new family member is on the way! Change can be exciting. It can also be scary. If the family…