Mac Barnett, the new national ambassador for young people’s literature, explores innovative storytelling hiding in humble places all around us.

By Marc Aronson He made the uncanny cool for a kid like me, whose dollhouse contained a miniature Ouija board in the child’s room and a ghost made of Kleenex and cotton balls in the attic.

Children navigate a changing world, moving with Ono to New York City in 1952 and witnessing her early struggles through Tolin’s emotional, poetic narrative Yoko ...

Little Golden Books cost just 25 cents a piece when they debuted in 1942. They invited children into a new world of nursery ...

From wolves to Mister Rogers, author Matthew Cordell shared the inspirations behind his children’s books during the ...

Participants do not need to be a professional artist to do this. Come, play, and learn. Local author/illustrator Bettie ...

High schooler Allison Disch hopes her new children's book inspires her peers to persevere through challenges and overcome ...

After all, “children learn to doodle so early. Books like these can help them develop a sense of wonder, art appreciation, and critical thinking, from an early age.” A myth-maker rises in ...

The picture book is a powerful, flexible art form whose audience — children — are keen and sensitive observers, new to our world and alert to its beauty and strangeness. These are ideal ...