Union Square & Co. today announced a new Mo Willems picture book, 'It’s My Bird-Day!,' which will release on March 31, 2026.

Sound books are just like regular books, with words and pictures, except they give children the opportunity to bring the book to life with buttons they can press to make realistic sounds.

Lift that flap, peek through that hole, press that button. Interactive books keep little ones entertained — and help them develop cognitive abilities.

This meta-analysis examines to what extent interactive storybook reading stimulates two pillars of learning to read: vocabulary and print knowledge. The authors quantitatively reviewed 31 (quasi) ...