Esther Yi shows ciLiving contributing host, Tommy Bickham picture books that are fun to read for kids from Urbana Free Library Explore the joy of reading with some of the most fun and engaging picture ...

Griffin-EL: This holiday season, there's no greater gift than a tool that can help inspire children to pursue their dreams.

In the Plucky Squire, a young hero fights a villainous wizard to become “the master of his storybook,” says Jamie Turner, the co-director of the game. By Sam Machkovech Video games let their players ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Balint Zsako’s recently published “Bunny & Tree” is built from primal fairy-tale stuff: a cute moppet—in this case, a rabbit—runs away from a big baddie (a wolf), becomes lost, and seeks refuge with ...

In a lot of ways, it's never been harder to convince kids to pick up a book over a phone or iPad. But worrying about declining literacy rates and reading test scores – that's adults' business. And Mac ...

Nonprofit organization PEN America released a list of the most banned titles on Jan. 27 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.