Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I love picture books, one of the simplest seeming but most challenging genres out there. Everyone thinks they could whip up a ...

It’s a story filled with the stuff of timeless, revered children’s books: embarking on hazardous adventures on horseback, beating unfavorable odds to achieve an admirable goal, reaching out to those ...

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 ...

The author of more than 60 books for young readers and 2011’s “Picture Book Manifesto” that challenged creators and their publishers to energize the category, Barnett became the 2025–2026 national ...

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Balint Zsako’s recently published “Bunny & Tree” is built from primal fairy-tale stuff: a cute moppet—in this case, a rabbit—runs away from a big baddie (a wolf), becomes lost, and seeks refuge with ...

Writers, artists and culture enthusiasts gathered at Ouida, Opebi, Lagos recently for the launch of the Nigeria Picture Book Project, a joint effort between the Book Buzz Foundation and the European ...