From 1940 to 1973, Ursula Nordstrom transformed kids’ books into real art and big business. A new middle grade biography ...

In the pages of books illustrated and written for children, the sometimes-drab design of the real world transforms into a space of color and whimsy. There are phantom tollbooths, yellow brick roads, ...

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 ...

Once upon a time there was...A telephone. A red balloon. A comb and a brush, and bowl full of mush. Not much of a story, you say? So said Anne Carroll Moore, the children's librarian at the New York ...

Taylor Tomlinson had very personal motivation when she decided to write a children’s book. “I realized I wanted to become an author when I thought about creating a ‘goodnight’ book for my son, one ...

As the division marks its centennial, PW asked Rich Thomas, SVP and executive director of publishing, what distinguishes HarperCollins Children’s Books among the ranks of children’s publishers.

First-time published author Callie Fuqua has written Goodnight West Texas, an illustrated children’s book aimed at capturing West Texas places that make the region special. A former teacher, Fuqua, of ...

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) revealed new stamps based on artwork from the children’s book Goodnight Moon at the Rabbit hOle on May 2. “These nostalgic stamps not ...

A picture book is a deceptively complex object: Ideally, it should be mind-expanding, psychologically astute, vividly illustrated, and—the most elusive criterion—fun. It must entertain the child ...