A boy unearths a treasure trove of adjectives, and a strange word discovered by a scholar becomes an overnight sensation. From “A Chest Full of Words.”Credit...Rebecca Gugger and Simon Röthlisberger ...

LULI AND THE LANGUAGE OF TEA By Andrea Wang Illustrated by Hyewon Yum A IS FOR BEE An Alphabet Book in Translation By Ellen Heck When people ask what got me started on my path to writing dictionaries, ...

The book is set to continue her teachings on YouTube and TikTok, which help promote language development in children with speech delay Ms Rachel/Instagram Ms. Rachel is ready to connect with her ...

On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.” As we interviewed children’s publishing professionals while compiling this list, ...

In “The Pout-Pout Fish” children’s picture book, the author weaves words like “aghast” and “grimace” into a story about a fish who thought he was destined to “spread the dreary-wearies all over the ...

It probably won’t come as news to you that reading to children carries with it a lot of benefits, such as promoting language comprehension and literacy. According to 2016 statistics from Scholastic, ...

Keats once said, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Some would say the same about a picture book. Many teachers and librarians believe that picture books aren’t just for the wee ones, and they are ...

Historian Leonard S. Marcus’s new work, Pictured Worlds, surveys 101 of the literary art form’s greatest practitioners. In this excerpt, Marcus delves into the rich global history of picture books and ...

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.