Typically, children's literature depicts a protagonist facing fantastical, sometimes frightening elements to encourage young readers to be brave in the face of real-life adversiti ...

There's a famous animated adaptation of the whimsical book.

Despite protestations and declarations of wide awake-ness, there’s no time quite like bedtime with our kids. Whether your little one has reached school age or not, cuddling up together at the end of a ...

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The novel “All the Blues in the Sky” by author Renée Watson is pictured in this publicity image. | Bloomsbury.com The most ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010 ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss ...