When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...

L as Vegas (KLAS)-The future of children’s books has arrived. Rosie & Raven is a groundbreaking, interactive reading ...

Laufey, the Grammy-winning artist, is creating a children's story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny ...

Leo Lionni, "And a family of frogs, on their way to a distant pond, stopped in awe," illustration for The Biggest House in the World (1968, Pantheon), mixed media on ...

Summer vacation is about beaches, rambles in the country, visits to museums. Children’s books can make all those good things better. “Good Night, Good Beach,” exudes the satisfactions of a ...

A Triangle-based artist was announced as the 2024 winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Dare Coulter won the prestigious award for her illustrations in Kwame Alexander’s "An American Story." The ...

For Asheville sumi-e artist Maki Nishio Phipps, the process of creating a painting is like a dance through which her emotions can explode onto a blank canvas. “Viewers who look at my work have to be ...

Venezuelan author and artist Susie Jaramillo longed for her U.S. born children to experience her culture. Soon, she discovered a big gap in bilingual content for children. "My business hat went on and ...

The subject of Seymour Chwast’s board book for the smallest readers is as plain as the nose on your face. Cut to resemble a comic human profile, “Nosy!” (Creative Editions, 22 pages, $11.99) seeks to ...