Before even opening the book Ship of Dreams by Dean Morrissey, the cover illustration is enchanting, luring, and curiosity piquing, beckoning one to a realm of dreamy fantasy and nostalgia
The Bear Who Wasn’t There is the product of a collaboration between multitalented musician, playwright, director, and author, Owen Lavie, and Wolf Erlbruch, one of Germany’s most renowned
In author Andrea Beaty’s lively new rhyming picture book called Ada Twist, Scientist, young Ada Marie begins life as a quiet and unassuming baby who doesn’t talk until she turns three.
In author Mara Rockliff’s enchanting new picture book Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles, it’s April, 1916—a presidential election year—and two ram
It’s pretty astonishing that an animal dubbed as “monstrous” and “frightful” could win the hearts of people from one end of Europe to the other, but that is exactly what happens in author Emily Arn
Megalopolis and the Visitor from Outer Space by Clea Dieudonne, may be one of the most unique picture books out there for children ages four to eight—not necessarily because of its story l
Abraham Lincoln: From Log Cabin to White House is an accounting of Lincoln’s humble beginnings in Kentucky to the height of his prominence and prestige as president of the United States.
The best picture books are, of course, highly entertaining. It might be argued that when they are also edifying, they become even more memorable. Add in gorgeous art and you have a classic.
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor’s full-page, bordered illustrations are composed of bright colors like the tiled floors of Mediterranean homes, adding great depth to these retold ta
As almost any child from a Jewish home can attest, sometimes all the hooplah surrounding Christmas can make Hanukkah seem pale by comparison—even if you do get eight presents for Hanukkah.
"A very old woman stands at the bottom of a very steep hill. It's Voting Day, she's an American, and by God, she is going to vote. Lillian is her name."
