We, in the children’s literature world, and we, as readers of children’s literature, have lost something, and that something is the willingness to ...

When Tomie dePaola died, he left behind a world of loss. When Tomie dePaola’s dog, Brontë, died, Brontë left behind a grieving Tomie. And, so, ...

Both of my children found cats in a toy store. They looked to me like stuffed animals on a shelf, but my children, each of them as they were emerging ...