Author Patricia Forde and illustrator Paddy Donnelly have formed a special collaboration on The Island of Bees ...

Authors Jason Reynolds and Mac Barnett join Yvette Nicole Brown at the Festival of Books to discuss why reading picture books ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

As a child, Lisa Owens aligned herself with the little ones depicted in these books; now it was the harried adults who ...

The author of more than 60 books for young readers and 2011’s “Picture Book Manifesto” that challenged creators and their publishers to energize the category, Barnett became the 2025–2026 national ...

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Like the flakes themselves, no two are the same. By Elisabeth Egan Not long ago, I exited a suburban shopping mall behind a trio of strangers. Together we walked through one of those strangely ...