Fox has acquired movie rights to “Bolivar,” Sean Rubin’s graphic novel about a dinosaur living in modern-day New York City. The book was published by the Boom Studios’ Archaia imprint in November. It ...

What was your favorite book as a kid? That question makes for a surprisingly effective icebreaker. You can tell a lot about someone from the books they read as a child. Case in point: I’m a journalist ...

Birds, beasts, and fish must have been foremost in the mind of many a children’s author this past winter. The spring crop of books fairly sings with the pound of waves and the hush of forest. Even a ...

GATHER around while the spring and summer crop of new juveniles is on display. As usual, I’ll begin with what I liked best in the picture age group. And, as usual, I should like to point out that this ...

It’s short with colorful and age-appropriate illustrations in an 8-1/4- by 11-1/4-inch board book format. While younger children will enjoy this book with mom or dad’s help, the words of the story are ...

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The world is a pretty interesting place—one that’s filled with people of all shades, sizes, beliefs and abilities. But teaching kids to embrace such differences and imparting lessons on tolerance and ...

Writers for young children have a nearly impossible task: to amuse both the kid being read to and the adult doing the reading. Doing one or the other is hard enough, and only a select handful of ...