Ann M. Martin (l.), creator of the The Baby-sitters Club series, appeared on The Daily Show on July 7, hosted by comedian and longtime Baby-sitters Club fan Ronny Chieng (r). This year marks the 40th anniversary of the series. (Scholastic)

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Author Jennifer Adams (l.) sat down with Gibbs Smith publisher and president Suzanne Taylor (r.) to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Gibbs Smith’s BabyLit book series. Taylor created BabyLit in 2011 as a way to introduce young readers to classic literature through board books. (Gibbs Smith)

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This past spring, we conducted a critics’ poll on the most essential books published in the U.S. since 1776. The results gave us a clear top 15, but many books received multiple votes without making the cut. PW’s reviewers and staffers weigh in on 15 of the runners-up. buff.ly/I5mpVuY

Deep Vellum founder and publisher Will Evans (r.) was interviewed for two TV segments, one for ABC network affiliate WFAA and one for CBS, to promote Deep Vellum’s inaugural Music & Literature Festival, taking place this weekend, July 10–12. Pictured with Evans is WFAA anchor Cassie Heiter.

Kat Stoddard (l.) launched her debut novel, Wasp’s Nest (Celadon) on July 7 at Greenlight Books in Brooklyn, where Stoddard was in conversation with novelist Grant Grinder. (Celadon)

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In honor of America’s 250th birthday, we polled PW’s staffers and freelance reviewers, as well as members of the National Book Critics Circle, on the most essential books published in the U.S. since 1776. Read more: buff.ly/Dbx9aMm

Source Booksellers hosted Desiree Cooper, editor of Black Summers: Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors (Wayne State UP), for a book event. Pictured (from l.) are Stephanie Williams, director of Wayne State University Press; Cooper; and booksellers/store owners Janet Webster Jones and Alyson Turner.

On July 1, Reuben Gelley-Newman (l.) celebrated the launch of his debut poetry collection, Dear Dear (Trio House), at the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan. Joining Gelley-Newman in conversation was fellow poet KC Bratt-Pfotenhauer (r.). (Christi McQueen)

For this years U.S. semiquincentennial, authors reexamined the nation’s history and legacy. Independence Day 2026 was more than just another Fourth of July, says Princeton University professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr.—the landmark anniversary is a chance for meaningful reflection. buff.ly/nZcrp6D

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Author and filmmaker David Barclay Moore took part in the ninth annual Bronx Book Festival in New York City’s northernmost borough on June 20 for a read-aloud of his 2025 picture book Night Flight, illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (Candlewick). (Bronx Book Festival)

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Binc program coordinator Mary Webber O’Malley (l.) and program manager Judey Kalchick participated in Children Institute’s evening reception and costume contest, which followed the gathering’s opening keynote on June 27. O’Malley was “Binc-erbelle” and Kalchik was Peter Rabbit. (BrocheAroe Fabian)

T.J. Martinson (l.) celebrated the publication of his new novel, Blood River Witch (Counterpoint), with a event held June 25 at the Historic Douglass High School in Leesburg, Va., and hosted by local indie Birch Tree Books. Martinson was joined in conversation by author S.A. Cosby. (Ami Mason)

The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association hosted its annual “Rep Night” on June 25. The event was attended by booksellers from 34 GLIBA member stores, as well as participating publishers and sales reps, and was followed by karaoke at local indie Exile in Bookville. (Two Dollar Radio)

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Ten Speed Young Readers celebrated its inaugural list with a launch party, held in tandem with the kickoff of the American Library Association conference, at Duneyrr Wine and Beer Company in Chicago on June 26. Pictured (from l.) are authors Blythe Russo, Kate Messner, and Kobi Yamada.

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Alex Wright (r.) celebrated this launch of his new book, Empire of Ink: The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper (Basic Books), on June 16 with a party where guests were treated to trying their hand at letterpress printing on rare antique presses.

Newly minted Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Kraus (l.) celebrated the launch of his new sci-fi novel, The Sixth Nik (Saga), with bookstagrammer Lorin Dearing a.k.a. @paperbackbish.bsky.social (c.) and author Stephen Graham Jones (r.) at the Tattered Cover Book Store in Littleton, Colo., on June 23.

David LaRochelle (l.) participated in the St. Paul Saints minor league baseball team’s Reading Tree summer reading program by reading Mr. Fox’s Game of “No!/, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka, at CHS Field in St. Paul, Minn. Saints pitcher RicSZZky Castro (r.) joined in bringing the book to life.

On June 22, Lisa Jewell (r.) celebrated the release of her latest novel, It Could Have Been Her (Atria), at Barnes & Noble Union Square in Manhattan, where Jewell was joined in conversation by author Jessica Knoll (l.). (Atria)

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The Strand Bookstore held its annual Summer Sidewalk Sale June 19–21, where customers purchased Strand totes to fill with as many used books as they could carry from the store’s sidewalk sale carts. In attendance was Nancy Bass Wyden, third-generation owner of the Strand. (Ruthie Landry)

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Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (r.) launched her memoir A Voice Like Mine (Holt) on June 9 at the New York Historical in Manhattan, where she was in conversation with Julian Brave NoiseCat (l.). (Don Pollard)