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, ...

It’s a universally familiar phrase. Ask any English-speaking adult or child, and they will recognize the label “goody two-shoes” as derogatory shorthand for an insufferable prude—but few remember how ...

Introduction -- First steps : oral traditions and pre-literacy -- Once upon a time, in a land far away -- Abecedarias and battledores -- The 'childe's first tutor' : the education of the young -- ...

We’ve rounded up a selection of new nonfiction books for older readers—including biographies of legendary creators, close-ups ...

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...