The heroine of David Arnold's Mosquitoland , 16-year-old Mary Iris Malone, gives readers a limited amount of information. She is an u...

Pam Muñoz Ryan Photo: Ryan Publicity Pam Muñoz Ryan's epic novel Echo began as a way to write about a little-known court case, Rob...

Kathi Appelt Few books handle blended families from a young child's point of view with such honest feeling as When Otis Courted Mam...

Kevin Henkes Kevin Henkes has tackled such early childhood preoccupations as a new sibling ( Julius, the Baby of the World ), a new sch...

Sunny Hostin, Ilyasah Shabazz, and Kekla Magoon (l. to r.) Last month at New York's 92nd Street Y, co-authors Ilyasah Shabazz (the ...

Kwame Alexander wrote his 2015 Newbery-winning novel The Crossover in poems that slip off the tongue effortlessly. The e...

Dan Santat Not every child invents an imaginary friend like the star of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat...