Sure, we may be mired in the dark days of winter, but you wouldn't know it by the splash of color that saturated the American Library Association's annual award presentation Monday — from the pastels ...

Painted with the featherlight touch that distinguishes Caldecott Medalist Blackall’s work, this graceful account of a lighthouse keeper’s life celebrates a lost era. While it was lonely and sometimes ...

Sophie Blackall was literally half a world away from Seattle when she heard from the Caldecott committee that her picture book Hello Lighthouse (Little, Brown) had been selected as the winner of this ...

The author and illustrator of award-winning books Hello Lighthouse and Finding Winnie talks about the joy of making books for children You have won the prestigious Caldecott Medal twice — for your ...

This year in young people's literature, Meg Medina's Merci Suárez Changes Gears won the Newbery Medal and Sophie Blackall's Hello Lighthouse took home the Caldecott Medal. This morning, at its annual ...

The world of children's books gave out its most prestigious prizes Monday at the American Library Association's conference in Seattle. Works by... Updated at 2:32 p.m. ET Sure, we may be mired in the ...

Sure, we may be mired in the dark days of winter, but you wouldn't know it by the splash of color that saturated the American Library Association's annual award presentation Monday — from the pastels ...

Meg Medina’s book “Merci Suárez Changes Gears” on Monday won the 2019 Newbery Medal, the highest honor for a children’s book in the United States. The novel follows 11-year-old Merci as she deals with ...