Elementary teachers can use these books to give students an easy entry point into writing now that winter break is over—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.

Good parents in search of the “right” books to read to their little ones have long turned with confidence to Caldecott Medal winners. “The Little House,” by Virginia Lee Burton; Maurice Sendak’s ...