A couple in their 60s came into the store, asking for help choosing a picture book for their newborn grandchild.Since it was ...

The author of more than 60 books for young readers and 2011’s “Picture Book Manifesto” that challenged creators and their publishers to energize the category, Barnett became the 2025–2026 national ...

Feel free to connect with him or check out his work. He's everywhere — Upwork, YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, Collider, LinkedIn, Instagram. A picture book has no room to hide as compared to a normal ...

Behold, the picture book! The great and glorious literature hiding in humble places all around us: on the bottommost shelves of bookcases, in teetering stacks around kids’ bedrooms, inside plastic ...

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Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.” By Bruce Handy I published my first picture book for children two years ago, when I ...