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Good Night, Moon: A new kind of children's book In the 1930s, progressive educators from Bank Street encouraged a new kind of picture book for children that focused on a child’s real life and surroundings.
It starts with a character Jacqueline Woodson doesn’t begin her writing with an outline; instead she develops a character, starts writing, and sees where it all takes her.
Truck or Trunk? Friend or Fiend? Mis-reading a sentence in a Dick & Jane book in first grade gave Blume some ideas for word play in her books.
Beyond folk, food and festivals Rudine Sims Bishop discusses some of the common myths of multicultural children’s literature.
Kwame Alexander reads from "The Crossover" Kwame Alexander shares one of his favorite passages from his bestselling book, The Crossover.
The making of a graphic novel Gene Luen Yang details the labor-intensive process of making comic books and graphic novels.
Brian Selznick shares the story that inspired his book “The Invention of Hugo Cabre” Selznick describes how these complicated wind-up toys inspired his best-selling book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Author Jewell Parker Rhodes and her inspiration for Ghost Boys Author Jewell Parker Rhodes talks about the inspiration for her middle grade novel, Ghost Boys.
