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 ...

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own. From “The Grammar of Fantasy.”Credit...Matthew Forsythe Supported by By Mac ...

Story time – at home, at nursery and at school – is where young children encounter the magic of books. Reading stories to young children is a pleasurable activity in itself, but it also lays the ...