Visual artists have always had an important place in children’s literature. Watch some leading children’s books illustrators draw, paint, collage, and talk about books with The Times’s children’s ...

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling is asking children to draw illustrations for her forthcoming fantasy book, The Ickabog. Rowling is publishing the story online for free as a gift for children who are ...

The title page from "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" by Virginia Lee Burton. Burton's award-winning illustrations will be at R. Michelson Galleries, the first time much of this work will be on ...

Aevitas Creative Management has formed ACM Kids & Illustration, a new division focused on representing children’s authors and illustrators across all genres, character design, cover work and adult ...

PORTSMOUTH — Illustrators are the true wizards of the children’s literature world, and fourth-grader Lea McCarthy of Rye knows it. She remembers the cozy bedroom in “Goodnight Moon” and the mouse ...

Detail from an illustration from ‘Your Body is Yours’, written by Yamini Vijayan and illustrated by Aindri C. Courtesy: Pratham Books Sasha was blue all of December—her best friend, Naisha, who had ...

Several weeks ago, we uncovered some little-known children's illustration by Andy Warhol from the 1959 anthology Best of Children's Books #27. (A discovery made in the research process of this series ...

As a writer of children’s books, I am often asked why there are so many ‘woke’ books for kids all of a sudden. Why can’t children’s books just be fun? Do kids have to hear about racism at bedtime? Or ...

Look no further for great gift ideas for your kiddos. The Associated Press scoured the bookshelves for standout 2025 releases to share the love of reading with your child, student or friend, and came ...