The Golden Age of children’s book illustration is understood to have run more or less from 1860 to 1930. The spread of literacy, newfangled methods of production and an almost mystical efflorescence ...

From The Twits to The Gruffalo and an angry bear in search of his hat… Quentin Blake, Cressida Cowell, Axel Sheffler, Lauren Child and more reveal how they bring children’s books to life Spread across ...

These are the real wizards of the literary world. By Pamela Paul Ms. Paul is the editor of the Book Review and the author of several books, including “How to Raise a Reader.” Her first picture book, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: "Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children." As we ...

Contemporary Canadian picture books are sweeping readers off their feet with compelling images as well as — or instead of — words. Combinations of images and words have come into their own as ...

Ludwig Bemelmans isn’t the only famous children’s book author and illustrator getting the museum exhibition treatment this summer: London’s House of Illustration is inaugurating its first permanent ...

June is National Indigenous History Month. Younger readers can experience Indigenous storytelling with these picture books and middle-grade titles published in the last few years.

Esmé Shapiro is the author of the children's books Ooko, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award, Alma ...