Uri Shulevitz, a Polish-born children’s book author and illustrator who survived a harrowing childhood traversing Europe to escape the Nazis and wove those experiences into arresting works like “How I…
This weekend (Feb. 22 to be exact) marks the centenary of the birth of Edward Gorey, an artist whose work has wielded a ridiculous amount of power over my own…
We’re all influenced by how we see the world. Sometimes that view is clear and sometimes it’s a bit fuzzy. Adjusting our “lens” can help us better understand one another,…
If you asked me to make a list of children’s book topics that have the potential to go horribly wrong, love would be right at the top. It’s such a…
In the past few years, my journeys have taken me around the world. My audiences are mostly young people in middle school and high school. No matter the country or…
Rodari insists on literature and creative writing’s centrality to a child’s schooling, and urges us to approach the subjects with a sense of delight and an appreciation of beauty. In…
COUSINS IN THE TIME OF MAGIC, by Emma Otheguy; illustrated by Poly Bernatene Time travel can be a funny thing. A risky one, too. When it wanders into the darker…
