These Valentine's Day picture books are loved by children and parents. Here's why you should include them in reading time ...

Like snowflakes themselves, no two picture books about snow are the same. But they share some common ground — dramatic ...

I am one of those parents who love to collect seasonal books. I keep a set of picture books for all the seasons and holidays, and pull them out each year to reread. I also refresh our home library to ...

Keats once said, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Some would say the same about a picture book. Many teachers and librarians believe that picture books aren’t just for the wee ones, and they are ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Using picture books as mentor texts is the perfect way to teach verbal, dramatic, and situational irony to middle school students.

The Oscars are nearly here – how many of this year’s best picture nominees have you watched? But if you want something that captures the essence of your favorite Oscars movie in a book, then we have ...

As someone who’s spent years observing how children interact with books—both at home and through conversations with ...

In a lot of ways, it's never been harder to convince kids to pick up a book over a phone or iPad. But worrying about declining literacy rates and reading test scores – that's adults' business. And Mac ...