Thomas Bewick was the finest of all English practicioners of wood engraving and was the first person to make the work of the illustrator as…
Anna Sewell wrote only one book in her lifetime, Black Beauty. Sewell was raised in a Quaker household by a mother who took very seriously the…
Before the 1950s, there was very little that an African American child could look at or read that reflected his experience, fostered a pride in…
Our Young Folks is an illustrated magazine for children published monthly for nine years from January 1, 1865, through October, 1873, when it was absorbed into St.…
These days, a stroll past the desk in the children’s department of any public library will provide you with a list of “Best Books for…
Today is the birthday of Carlo Collodi, the author of Pinocchio, who based his famous character, at least in part, on himself as a child.
Early in the 1940’s George Duplaix, head of the Artists and Writers Guild and his assistant, Lucille Ogle, came up with the idea of creating…
In the March 1877 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, the editor asked her young readers to write to her and describe…
In her lifetime, Annie Oakley was idolized for her skill as a sharp shooter. Since her death in 1926, the life has become legend, as…
Beginning in the late 1700s, social, moral and particularly religious precepts began to be woven into science and natural history books for children. Most authors…