Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to ...

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.

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 ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... “It’s a radical decision not to use words,” picture book creator David Wiesner told an online audience in a lecture last Thursday night, ...