This is award season in the children’s book world. The American Library Association announces the Newbery and Caldecott awards — the John Newbery Award for the best fiction for children and the ...

In January, Vermont-based artist Jason Chin was awarded the 2022 Randolph Caldecott Medal for illustrating “Watercress,” written by Andrea Wang and published by Neal Porter Books/Holiday House. Wang, ...

Young readers are likeliest to know Gregory Maguire for the Broadway musical based on his 1995 novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.” In that book, Mr. Maguire defangs the ...

Another story of memory was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal for outstanding children’s picture book. “Watercress,“ in which a Chinese American girl learns about her heritage, was illustrated by ...

His book Watercress was awarded the 2022 Caldecott Medal, conferred by the American Library Association as a top honor to one artist of an American picture book for children each year. Written by ...

This year marks a century since the establishment of the American Library Association’s Newbery Medal, one of the two most prestigious honors a children’s book can win. The other is the Caldecott, an ...

THE SHEEP, THE ROOSTER, AND THE DUCK By Matt Phelan On the surface, Gregory Maguire’s “Cress Watercress” and Matt Phelan’s “The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck” have a lot in common: They both ...

Billy Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes; Greenwillow Books, 192 pages ($16.99) Ages 6 to 8. Kevin Henkes follows up Newbery Honor book "The Year of Billy Miller" with another heartwarming, humorous, ...

The 2022 Newbery and Caldecott medals, among several other honors, were awarded Monday to the children's books that American librarians chose as... America's librarians awarded top honors to their ...

America's librarians awarded top honors to their favorite children's books of the year on Monday. The Newbery — celebrating its 100th year — and Caldecott medals, as well as several other honors, were ...