Best of 2023

Classic Children’s Books Updated for Our Time

The Little Engine That Could and the Controlled Release of Vinyl Chloride


Harriet the Spy May or May Not Have Seen the Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago


Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day of Meetings That Could Have Been Emails


The Very Hungry Caterpillar Has Been Seeing Lots of Online Ads for Ozempic Lately




Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, and You Should Probably Know What Ron DeSantis Is Saying About You


The Red Balloon Is Just a Regular Old Balloon and Is Totally Not Spying on Anybody


If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, He’ll Ask for a Grimace Shake


The Day the Crayons Quiet-Quit


Oh, the Places You’ll Go in Your Recalled Tesla


The Little Prince Feels a Bit Smug About Harry and Meghan’s Failed Spotify Deal


Anne of Green Gables Has Violated HOA Guidelines for Paint Colors


Diary of a Wimpy Kid Who Is Now a Veteran of School Active-Shooter Drills


Cloudy with a Chance of Lab-Grown Meatballs


The Lightning Thief Was Caught in the Act by a Doorbell Camera


A Chair for My Mother to Sit on During Her Unpaid Maternity Leave


The Cricket in Times Square Is the Only New Yorker Happy About the Swarms of Invading Aphids


Dear Mr. Henshaw, My School Has Banned All Your Books