On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.” As we interviewed children’s publishing professionals while compiling this list, ...

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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.

In 2021, my 4th grade students compared segregation in the children’s picture book The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson to their own playground. Lucy Calkins was already a villain in education ...

These women met in an online book club. They traveled to a remote corner of Maine to read together. It was oddly moving. These women met in an online book club. They traveled to a remote corner of ...