The Caldecott Criteria A “picture book for children” as distinguished from other books with illustrations, is one that essentially provides the child with a visual…
It is hard for the colleagues and friends of two amazing children’s librarians to be in Denver for the American Library Association MidWinter conference….
Launching Little Red Riding Hood: A Comparative Folk Tale Study The Kerlan Collection staff, the Friends of the Kerlan, graduate students, Phd candidates, undergraduates, and…
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…
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…
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…
Big Book alert. Children of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adyemi (March 2018, Henry Holt) I like big books and I cannot lie. This one is…

