Capturing elusive feelings in words and pictures is the central project, and the greatest challenge, of a children’s book. For young people led by their tender hearts, a book that understands those ...

The book is written for kids with special needs, and is meant to help readers learn how to understand and navigate their emotions.

These back-to-school reads will help children tackle first-day nerves, new teachers, letters, numbers and more. By Travis Jonker Travis Jonker is a children’s book author and illustrator, and the ...

Children’s books are bodies of work that thrive on specificity. With just the right use of humor, wit, and alliteration, authors like Theodor Seuss Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Margaret Atwood, among ...

Anxiety is increasingly prevalent in young children, with about 9.4 percent of children having an anxiety diagnosis, according to the CDC. For young children, symptoms of anxiety might look like an ...

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.

My books have been published by Allen & Unwin and Penguin Random House, both of whom are mentioned in this article. I currently supervise Rebecca Lim's PhD at Monash University. I have been an editor ...