AI is being used to create nonsensical, sometimes dangerously inaccurate books. Local librarians are tasked with keeping ...

Behold, the picture book! The great and glorious literature hiding in humble places all around us: on the bottommost shelves ...

Families and friends will be able to meet with their favorite children’s author at the Community Center in Jillson Square. The fifth annual Eastern Connecticut Children’s Book Fair will be held on ...

The author of more than 60 books for young readers and 2011’s “Picture Book Manifesto” that challenged creators and their publishers to energize the category, Barnett became the 2025–2026 national ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

A boy unearths a treasure trove of adjectives, and a strange word discovered by a scholar becomes an overnight sensation. From “A Chest Full of Words.”Credit...Rebecca Gugger and Simon Röthlisberger ...