Welcome to our spring 2024 Children’s Preview issue! For our main feature, we spoke with publishers and agents about their outlook for the year ahead, and the current challenges and opportunities ...

Introduce your children to the wonder of the spring season with good spring read alouds. These favorite children’s picture books about spring give young kids important life skills and knowledge. After ...

Does spring arrive on soft little kitten feet? Or does it crack open like a robin’s egg? Does it waft in like pollen on the breeze, or does it wiggle in like a tadpole, grow legs, and hop away into ...

THE book which is my favorite in the spring list for boys and girls is Mark Van Doren’s “The Transparent Tree.” It is written for younger children, for those from eight to twelve years, perhaps. When ...

What was your favorite book as a kid? That question makes for a surprisingly effective icebreaker. You can tell a lot about someone from the books they read as a child. Case in point: I’m a journalist ...