The Kerlan Collection holds thousands of children’s books in addition to the manuscripts, research notes, and original art of children’s book writers and…
JoAnn Jonas and her Caldecott Wishlist In the olden days, people would call each other just to converse. My friend JoAnn and I can range…
The Short List for the 2018 The Cook Prize! The Cook Prize honors the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book published for children…
Lois Ehlert, Artist, Designer, Curator Lois Ehlert Covers A double-page spread of a lifetime collage of covers from Scraps: A Colorful Life (Beach Lane,2014)…
You know when you have a high reading 1st grader? Ready for a meaty short chapter book? A page-turning story? This is a perfect…
Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88 Words later.
Melissa Sweet donated all of the original art, her research notes, the process art, manuscripts, and revisions from her award winning book Balloons Over Broadway…
This is how happy I was when I found out that five boxes were coming from Megan McDonald the author of Judy…
Obituaries are Odd Things When I had heard that Julius Lester had died, for the next day I searched obsessively for remembrances and…
From Julius Lester’s Facebook page in the last half hour. “Julius has passed peacefully, surrounded by family. The family is requesting privacy at this time…