Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...
But she had wanted to write children’s books since she was a child. She’s done that now with “Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All.” A comics collection’s sibling narrators and a graphic novel’s ...
This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.