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Summer Poll judge Andrea Davis Pinkney says the first book she remembers her parents reading out loud was Ezra Jack Keats' classic The Snowy Day. Christine Simmons/Scholastic hide caption
President Trump, seen last week at the White House, is the subject of another scathing book that also faced a court battle. The release date for the new book by his niece, Mary Trump, has been moved up to July 14. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
President Barack Obama presents the National Humanities Medal to author Rudolfo Anaya at a ceremony in September 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Katie Mitchell, co-owner of Good Books in Atlanta, runs an online and pop-up bookshop with her mom, Katherine. "Things are trendy for a while ... and then they're not," she says. Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR hide caption
Readers wait in line at Macmillan booth at the Book Expo trade show in 2013. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
The contest judges Juanita Giles, Corey Hayes, Kelly Davidson, Christine Simmons/Scholastic hide caption
This year, we want to hear all about your very favorite books for kids, specifically picture books and very early chapter books. Esmé Shapiro for NPR hide caption
Then-national security adviser John Bolton at the White House in July 2019. Bolton received a reported $2 million advance for his book about his time in the Trump administration, but a judge has raised the possibility that he may not be able to keep it. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
A copy of John Bolton's new book, The Room Where It Happened, stands in the White House briefing room. On Saturday, a federal judge declined the Trump administration's request to block the publication of the former national security adviser's book. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
'Interrupt The Systems': Robin DiAngelo On 'White Fragility' And Anti-Racism
Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton speaks in September at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Washington D.C.'s Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library is one of the libraries trying to accomodate patrons' different needs during the pandemic. Thomas Hawk/Flickr Creative Commons hide caption
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump depart the White House on May 27. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
J.K. Rowling signs copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007. Many fans say they feel alienated and hurt by her recent comments. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Author L.L. McKinney started the #PublishingPaidMe hashtag so authors could publicize racial disparities in book advances. Nicole McLaughlin hide caption
#PublishingPaidMe: Authors Share Their Advances To Expose Racial Disparities
Several publishers have filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive alleging copyright infringement. Richard Newstead/Getty Images hide caption
Writer and activist Larry Kramer, here in 1989, was an unapologetically loud and irrepressible voice in the fight against AIDS. Sara Krulwich/Getty Images hide caption
