Keats once said, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Some would say the same about a picture book. Many teachers and librarians believe that picture books aren’t just for the wee ones, and they are ...

Historian Leonard S. Marcus’s new work, Pictured Worlds, surveys 101 of the literary art form’s greatest practitioners. In this excerpt, Marcus delves into the rich global history of picture books and ...

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These are the real wizards of the literary world. By Pamela Paul Ms. Paul is the editor of the Book Review and the author of several books, including “How to Raise a Reader.” Her first picture book, ...

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, ...

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.

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East. By Leonard S. Marcus Leonard S. Marcus is the author of “Pictured Worlds: ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

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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.