2026

A girl whose shirt reflects people running through the Sonoran Desert looks over her shoulder

WOW Reads: S4, E5 - The Freedom Seeker by Ruchira Gupta

Braille spelling of acceptance with anyone can grow here in English lettering over flowers

All WRAP’d Up: Disability Experiences in K-12 Literature

A girl holding seeds that bloom into colorful flowers

WOW Dozen: Picturebooks to Build Empathy for the Experiences of Immigrant and Refugee Children

Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children’s Book Award (DANZ): A New Initiative to Shine a Light on Authentic Literature for Youth

WOW Recommends: Vida

Handmade book evoking ocean shore

Art educators respond to sociocultural issues in Worlds of Words Center exhibit

Animals and people moving to the left or to the right in matching environments

WOW Recommends: Wildlife Crossings of Hope

A white, globe-like sphere is in the center with the book title

WOW Dozen: Expeditions, Journeys, and Explorations Around the World

Two Indigenous people pass a plate for Frybraed between each other as others cather down a dirt road to share food.

Grow Your Book Stack at the 2026 Tucson Festival of Books

A young Indian Muslim girl in a red dress with a yellow scarf holds a rose. She stands in the water that turns into green mountains in the background.

The Partition: 1947, Part 2

teen peeks through microphone equipment

WOW Reads: S4, E4 - Disability Experiences in K-12 Literature

A teenage girl holds a journal full of papers and photos behind her back.

WOW Dozen: Global Adaptations of Classics

A young boy peers out to the viewer from between branches and leaves of a lemon tree.

WOW Recommends: A Sea of Lemon Trees

Various hands from opposite sides of the cover reach for each other over the background of a starry sky.

The Partition: 1947, Part 1

middle schooler speaks into a microphone

WOW Reads: Bonus - Predicting the 2026 Caldecott

The shadow of a man in a window peers into an empty bedroom, a book open face up on a nightstand. The photograph is in black and white.

Worlds of Words Center Exhibit Asks, “Who Are You as a Reader?”