Classic Christmas tales, like 'The Nutcracker' and 'A Christmas Carol,' offer a comforting pause during the busy holiday season. These stories, featuring themes of warmth, hope, and kindness, have ...

Illustrating Oscar Wilde’s classic stories for children was a dream project for me. All the better that it should be the first new edition published in the city of Wilde’s birth, in the year my ...

A visit to the English manor that inspired “A Secret Garden” or a stroll through Tintin’s Brussels can turn stories into treasured memories. By Ginanne Brownell Reporting from Charlottetown on Prince ...

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.