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What stands out to guest poster Shoshana Flax about The Three Billy Goats Gruff, illustrated by Jon Klassen and humorously retold by Mac Barnett, is the multitude of ways it uses the space available to it. 

Because of Florida legislators who support the “Don’t Say Gay” law and book banning efforts, some school librarians objected to the location. AASL president Kathy Lester says having the conference there means standing with local librarians.

The Horn Books choices of the best books of 2022.

This picture book, a partial biography co-written by L’Engle’s granddaughter, ­Voiklis, begins when baby Madeleine’s parents introduc...

Listen in on a conversation among several members of the 2020 Caldecott Committee, about three eligible 2022 titles of their choosing.

When a revolution is ignited in Syria in 2011 to oust Assad’s regime (“no Syrian family has evaded the dictatorship’s cruelty”), the ...

Sainte-Marie’s (Cree First Nation) 2008 song about wintertime on the Cree reserve in Alberta has here been reinterpreted as a picture...

Original cover art by Jason Griffin.

Hill Saxton extols the rich, vibrant color and power-packed energy of Theodore Taylor IIIs illustrations in his paean to street art, Off the Wall.

Since the 1992 publication of The Stinky Cheese Man (rev. 11/92), Scieszka has been upending...