Books that convey nonfiction topics through poems and images help students learn to process information, a skill they can ...

We take words for granted. They’re the most basic building blocks of stories, the names we call each other, the way we explain our love to one another. These four thoughtful picture books make words ...

“It’s a radical decision not to use words,” picture book creator David Wiesner told an online audience in a lecture last Thursday night, July 22. “When the artist removes the text, they invite readers ...

Pioneered by Edward Steichen, Lewis W. Hine and Tana Hoban, photographically illustrated “concept” books have never had a more potentially receptive audience. By Leonard S. Marcus Leonard S. Marcus is ...

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.