Children's and Teen Book Reviews

Award-winning children's author and illustrator Chris Gall says he’s been drawing pictures and writing stories for as long as he can remember. In addition to his widely published commercial illustrations, he authored and illustrated the enthusiastically received Dinotrux, which introduced the prehistoric metal monsters that now return in Revenge of the Dinotrux. read more

I’ve expressed on more than one occasion my love for international picture book imports. They are always exciting to see, breathing life into the contemporary American picture book landscape. read more

If you live anywhere in the South (or even if you don’t) and love picture books, and the traveling gods allow for it, there’s a very special exhibit you won’t want to miss. I haven’t seen this exhibit yet myself, but I feel compelled to tell others about it. Exhibits of such beauty deserve such rooftop yawps. read more

Somewhere, a wolf is howling. Jean Craighead George, author of over 100 books, mostly about the natural world and mostly for children, has died. read more