Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...
Nothing transports us to enchanted lands quite as powerfully as music does. Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that feature characters – some real, some invented – whose lives were ...
Plenty of children's fantasy books appeal to adults as well as children, whether they are reading it for the first time or returning to a childhood favorite. People are thinking about children's ...
This made me think: “I want to write books that make other children do this.” “Unless someone cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.” The ultimate book about ...
The category, regardless of format, was up 3.5%, compared to 4.4% growth in non-children's literature, while hardback books saw an increase of 6.2% and paperbacks saw a 2.2% increase. In addition ...
Here are 13 children's books about financial hardship: "Last Stop on Market Street" by Matt de la Peña After church, CJ and his grandma hop on a bus and embark on a journey to a soup kitchen ...
children's librarian with the Denver Public Library. "Being able to see who you are and what you do reflected in a book is exciting." Though sports are front and center in the books listed here ...