In 1933, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a product to sell. It was a collection of programs and financial reforms known as the New Deal, which Roosevelt believed could help to catapult the ...

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.