Books that convey nonfiction topics through poems and images help students learn to process information, a skill they can ...

Picture books help children to develop their imaginations, find empathy for others and take pride in what makes them unique – all of which make for good adults ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

Pioneered by Edward Steichen, Lewis W. Hine and Tana Hoban, photographically illustrated “concept” books have never had a more potentially receptive audience. By Leonard S. Marcus Leonard S. Marcus is ...

Among the flood of children’s books coming out this fall from independent presses, six stand out as particularly noteworthy: five picture books and an illustrated middle grade title. This comes after ...