And looking into the lives of some of the most famous children’s book authors, it’s a wonder how they became the leaders of their industry. TIMELESS CHILDREN’S CLASSICS THAT EVERY KID SHOULD ...

The late Martin Amis, when asked if he’d ever write a children’s book, scoffed that the possibility would arise only if he ...

I spent the day at “Books of Wonder” earlier this spring to ask kids what makes the best children’s book. Iago and Nico Akerman, both 11, told me the books they liked reading in school were ...

Impossible Creatures author Katherine Rundell has said celebrities who use ghost-writers are not giving “sufficient care” to the children’s books they have published in their name ... of books ...

Sometimes, we need a recommendation or two to mix it up. Here, we asked best-selling authors and illustrators to tell us what they like or liked to read to their young children.

Equal parts voyeuristically indulgent and unapologetically stimulating, Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books is the second installment in Yale University Press's ongoing series, following ...

In a celebrated children’s novel collaboration, two of the best-known Harlem Renaissance writers depicted children of the Black diaspora and their family. The novel was illustrated by the ...

With more than 30 books over five decades, from 'Henry Huggins' to the 'Ramona' series, Cleary ushered in an era of realistic children's storytelling.

Children rely on books to help them make sense of the world and their place in it, she says. “If you can hold up a book to people and say, ‘this is who I am,’ that’s a good feeling.” ...

Finding children’s books written for, by, and in representation of the Black community can be difficult. While there are plenty of books that touch on the variety of experiences children face ...