Author Interviews
New And Established Writers Redefine Chicano Lit
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Children's Books
Books
Bedtime Stories, From A Dad In Afghanistan()
June 19, 2011 Before he left for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, a father made videos for his infant daughter of him reading bedtime stories. His wife shares some of those stories for Father's Day.
Books
Free Books For Kids Now Also Available In Braille()
June 17, 2011 Every month, the Dollywood Foundation's Imagination Library sends free books to hundreds of thousands of children. Now, a partnership with American Printing House for the Blind will make it possible to deliver those books in Braille as well.
Book Reviews
Gertrude Stein's Silly — And Stilted — 'To Do'()
June 1, 2011 Whimsical illustrations and witty verse can't overcome the author's dense run-on prose in this newly illustrated version of Stein's early children's book.
Books News & Features
The Return Of 'Crows,' Huxley's Children's Tale()
May 28, 2011 In 1944, Brave New World author Aldous Huxley wrote his first and only children's book. It's called The Crows of Pearblossom and it isn't for the faint of heart. Daniel Pinkwater, our ambassador to the world of kid's lit, joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss the book's newly illustrated re-release.
Books
'The Bippolo Seed': The 'Lost' Dr. Seuss Stories()
April 13, 2011 This fall, Random House will publish a collection of Dr. Seuss stories that were previously known only to Seuss scholars and collectors. Lynn Neary reports on the origins of The Bippolo Seed.
Arts & Life
'Weird Al's' Advice: Follow Your Muse To 'Grow Up'()
February 27, 2011 In Grammy-award winning parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic's new children's book, When I Grow Up, Billy tells his teacher he wants to be a gorilla masseuse. When Yankovic himself was growing up, he wanted to be a writer for Mad magazine, he tells Liane Hansen on Weekend Edition Sunday.
