#Children’s

Whether you’re looking for kid’s books online to read to your small humans or because you’re young at heart, we’ve got the best kid lit recommendations! Our kid’s books post cover everything from children’s picture books to chapter books for kids to middle grade fiction recommendations.

“Get Me Neil on the Line”: A Peek at Neil Gaiman’s Friendship with Tori Amos

This post is part of our Neil Gaiman Reading Day: a celebration of one of our favorite authors on the occasion of the publication ...

Bookish Bling: A WIND IN THE WILLOWS Ring

Theo Fennell, a gifted jeweler known for his elaborate one-of-a-kind pieces, went bookish in his inspiration for his recent creation, ...

The Narrative Magic of Picture Books: An Interview with Mac Barnett

If you don’t think picture books can be considered literary fiction, that Harold and the Purple Crayon is strictly child’s ...

Saving Books From My Son

This is a guest post by our current Rioter in Residence, Sean Ferrell. Sean’s novels include Man in the Empty Suit from ...

Zooey Deschanel as Amelia Bedelia: A (Hypothetical) Match Made in Quirk Heaven

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most beloved characters in children’s literature, Peggy Parish’s Amelia Bedelia. As ...

The 10 Best (And Worst) YA Titles

Both on this site and around the interwebs, I’ve seen many an article about book titles that are so ridiculous they’re ...

Not all Bunnies and Birthday Cake: Experts on the State of Picture Books

The national news may not have picked this up, but there was an important story out of DC last weekend. ...

Visiting the Center for Children’s Books

Sixteen thousand. Walk in the fairytale castle that houses the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University ...

Famous Artists I Would Pick to Illustrate Classic Books

I’m a little obsessed with art in a completely uneducated, unsophisticated way. This may have something to do with the ...

By the Numbers: Parents, Children, and Libraries

On May 1, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project released a new report on “Parents, Children, Libraries, ...