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To say that interviewing Ursula Nordstrom, Harper's legendary publisher of cutting-edge book for children and teens, was a challenge would be a major understatement; more than a decade would pass [...]

This fall, Leonard joined New York Public librarian Jenny Rosenoff and illustrator Bryan Collier in selecting the year's ten best illustrated children's books of 2018. The daunting process took [...]

Helen Oxenbury is a picture book artist in the grand English tradition of Beatrix Potter and Edward Ardizzone. Her career spans five eventful decades during which books for the youngest ages like [...]

This fall Leonard was one of five judges invited to select 100 notable picture books for display at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The project was sponsored by dPictus, a web-based rights showcase [...]

Leonard asks why some children's books are too good to be forgotten in this occasional series of conversations with authors, illustrators, and another book people;

Ursula Nordstrom, Harper’s visionary publisher of “good books for bad children,” is now the subject of a comics tribute by illustrator Joana Avillez. It appeared on the back [...]

     Most everyone has fallen under the magnetic spell of the American illustrator Garth Williams (1912-1996) at one time or another: as childhood readers, as parents or grandparents, or as [...]

Rediscover the magic of "A Wrinkle in Time" and its sequels in Library of America's deluxe, two-volume collector’s edition boxed set, available on September 4, 2018. For the first time, L’Engle’s [...]

Alice was one of the most memorable illustrators of our time, both singly and in collaboration with her late husband Martin. When I interviewed her for my book Side by Side and asked her exactly [...]

It seems only natural--but it was hardly a given--that the AWM's children's literature gallery would tell its story in pictures as well as words. Here's how the gallery's superb mural by Paul O. [...]