Author Patricia Forde and illustrator Paddy Donnelly have formed a special collaboration on The Island of Bees ...

The national ambassador for young people’s literature published a manifesto aimed at adults. Then came the blowback.

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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 ...

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.