A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary geography quiz celebrates popular children’s books and ...

Edward Stratemeyer had a plan to get American children reading. An ambitious paper merchant in Newark, New Jersey, he’d ...

So many things have changed from our childhoods to what kids experience today, but one delight remains the same — searching through a bookshelf for those glittering gold spines. Little Golden Books, ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...

I was well into adulthood before I realized the co-author of my battered copy of The Elements of Style was also the author of Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web. That’s right, the White of the revered ...

If you are wondering what has become of children’s books with the sweeping, mythic dimension of classic folktales, here is proof that the genre still has life in it. Gerstein’s stirring story covers ...

Louis Sachar really intended to be a lawyer. But, in between starting law school at the Hastings College of Law in 1977 and graduating in 1980, he published his first book, “Sideways Stories from ...