Coretta Scott King Award Winner Ashley Bryan
If you speak with Ashley Bryan, it is difficult to believe he has seen more than nine decades of life. Though his age suggests an elderly man in his golden years, Bryan’s passion for art and [...]
If you speak with Ashley Bryan, it is difficult to believe he has seen more than nine decades of life. Though his age suggests an elderly man in his golden years, Bryan’s passion for art and [...]
Do you remember checking out “How to Draw” books from the library when you were a child? Chances are they were created by Ed Emberley. Emberley is a prolific artist and author who has created [...]
“Poetry hit me, at the age of 40, like a pie in the face. A banana cream pie happily, which I love,” shares J. Patrick Lewis, an award-winning children’s poet. Though a bit unconventional, Lewis’ [...]
It is a fact: Minnesota is a great place for children’s literature. Award-winning Author Kate DiCamillo is here. The Collaborative Summer Library Program was founded here. And Mackin Educational [...]
Ten years ago readers were introduced to a persnickety, cunning, mischievous housecat known simply as Bad Kitty. It all started with Bad Kitty (Roaring Brook Press, 2005), an alphabet picture [...]
Congressman John Lewis is a legislator who has earned the respect of colleagues from both sides of the aisle. Lewis grew up as the son of a sharecropper, but he had no intention of following in [...]
“I’ve always loved books. I remember, even before I was able to read, tracing a lot of Richard Scarry drawings as a child. I particularly remember tracing a pig with a sausage, and only now [...]
There are few American icons more popular and recognized than apple pie, baseball, and Fonzie. That’s right—Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli—“The Fonz” from the television show Happy Days was ranked by [...]