Today it’s time to learn about the pub­lish­er. There’s lots to know, so get your­self a bev­er­age and let’s get started!

As I tied the rib­bon into a bow, I remem­bered that many years ago I launched my own “books in the class­room, books in the home” lit­er­a­cy program. 

Here’s a let­ter from my heart to some­one who helped inspire what’s at the heart of my writ­ing and teach­ing, and what’s at the heart of books I hold close.

Authors Dr. Nan­cy Bo Flood and Ann Jacobus have been curat­ing a list of tra­di­tion­al­ly pub­lished, excep­tion­al children’s lit­er­a­ture that tack­les men­tal ill­ness for over a decade.

How do moth­er and daugh­ter authors col­lab­o­rate on a pic­ture book?

For those who are mourn­ing the loss of a rel­a­tive, a pet, a friend, a teacher, these books for young and old are rec­om­mend­ed by our subscribers.

With recent hur­ri­canes and flood­ing so much in the news and a part of con­ver­sa­tions, we’ve pulled togeth­er a group of books that will help those who learn from fic­tion, non­fic­tion, and poetry.

A close and fas­ci­nat­ing look at the illus­tra­tions in three Calde­cott books about polit­i­cal fig­ures … and how those books have been updat­ed over the years.

Sep­tem­ber may seem like the month that marks summer’s end­ing, but it is also a month of begin­ning — the tra­di­tion­al start of the school year, the begin­ning of fall.

Adults should get some­thing from sto­ry­time, too. I read a book that’s maybe more for them than the kids — it’s extra spe­cial when there’s a book like this that is fas­ci­nat­ing for these wee ones and their adults.

While Hal­loween is just weeks away, scary sto­ries are year-round favorites for many kids. Scary sto­ry col­lec­tions and stand-alone nov­els often appear on the best­seller lists in kid-lit publishing.

There are, of course, a myr­i­ad of pos­si­bil­i­ties for your his­to­ry buf­fet: mix and match mid­dle grade fic­tion, long form non­fic­tion, pic­ture books, both non­fic­tion and infor­ma­tion­al fic­tion, art­work, film, and muse­um websites.

So many chil­dren and adults won­der about the real sto­ry behind a book. Author Can­dice Ran­som shares her deeply per­son­al sto­ry behind her clas­sic picturebook.

Our democ­ra­cy asks that every cit­i­zen has the right to life. This pic­ture-book trib­ute to George Floyd is elo­quent and pow­er­ful in its sim­plic­i­ty. The words flow like a song.

Do you remem­ber sum­mer nights when you were a child? Run­ning on bare feet? The grass silk-soft and dewy? Crick­ets chirp­ing? A bright slice of moon? Fire­flies and the first stars?