Another great website to get free children’s books online, Open Library is part of Internet Archive, a nonprofit collection of millions of free books, movies, music and more.

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss is the children’s books editor at the ...

It wasn't until the second half of the 18th century that literature specifically aimed at children emerged. Today, the children's and young adult book industry is booming, and authors and illustrators ...

“A Day in the D with Dad” takes kids on a journey along with 12-year-old Michelle as she traverses Detroit on an impromptu day trip with her dad. Written by Detroiter and longtime educator Kelli M.

BBC Culture polled 177 experts from 56 countries to find the greatest children's books ever. From Where the Wild Things Are to Haroun and the Sea of Stories, here's the top 100.

The “Studying Children’s Literature” community holds monthly meetings with leading authors, editors, and illustrators that are offered free of charge to the general public.

Of the thousands of kids' and teens' books reviewed in a 2022 analysis, about 45 percent had a nonwhite author, illustrator or compiler, up from 8 percent in 2014.

Additionally, discussions and field trips, like comparing and contrasting children’s literature (ranging from 16th to 21st century) at the Walter Havighurst Special Collections and University Archives ...

An author from Arlington recently won not one, but two of the highest honors in children's literature. Amina Luqman-Dawson's novel "Freewater," about two enslaved siblings who escape to freedom, ...

Barnett has written more than 60 books for kids – chapter books, graphic novels and picture books. He, and illustrator Jon Klassen, created the popular shapes trilogy, which was adapted into a ...