A bestselling picture book typically begets sequels, and the publishers of The Day the Crayons Quit (Philomel, 2013) were looking to build on the success of that title and its 2015 follow-up, The Day ...

This holiday season brings a new installment in author Drew Daywalt and illustrator Oliver Jeffers’s bestselling picture book series, The Crayons’ Christmas (Penguin Workshop, Oct.). To commemorate ...

There’s a reason so many kids cry on Santa’s lap: Holiday traditions can be kind of weird. There are trees and candles, presents and costumes and — why is there candy in socks again? For kids learning ...

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by Washington Irving and published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. One of these stories is “The ...