The love of books starts early at The Miami Book Fair’s Children’s Alley, which has a schedule of theatrical performances, interactive science activities, hands-on crafts, and story times.

NEW YORK Chelsea Clinton is extending her celebration of women to chapter books and the world of sports. Clinton's She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changes the Game will be published Sept. 22, the children's imprint Philomel Books announced Monday. The latest of Clinton's best-selling She Persisted" picture books will include sections on such prominent athletes as Wilma Rudolph, Mia Hamm, and Venus and Serena Williams. Also Monday, Philomel announced that a new series of chapter books will feature 80-page stories on women that Clinton and She Persisted illustrator Alexandra Boiger previously honored. Additional chapter books will include Meg Medina writing about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Renee Watson's biography of Oprah Winfrey.