In the Queen Mother’s household, the man with the most difficult job was undoubtedly her treasurer, Major Sir Ralph Anstruther. Sir Ralph, who held the post from 1961 to 1998, is remembered as ...

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

The top honors in this year's children's book awards from the American Library Association lauded Dave Egger's The Eyes and the Impossible and Vashti Harrison's picture book Big.

A car fire was reported in the Caldecott Tunnel during rush hour traffic in the East Bay. As of Friday evening, all lanes opened and traffic resumed to normal ORINDA, Calif.

Author–illustrator Vashti Harrison happened to be in Miami to celebrate her father’s 89th birthday when—at 9:30 p.m., while sorting laundry—she received the news of her Caldecott win.

QUEEN: Merging etiquette has taken the royal spotlight lately, with readers opining on issues including whether drivers approaching the Caldecott Tunnel should move to the right as soon as the ...

With the variety of accident-avoidance technology now available on passenger cars, there is growing interest in making it mandatory on big rig trucks, which could have made a difference in a ...

Any children’s book may have a shot at the Newbery, and any picture book, at the Caldecott. Other ALA awards—also announced every January with great fanfare—are more narrowly gauged.

If you've driven through the Caldecott Tunnel between Oakland and Orinda recently, you may have noticed water on the roadway even though it hasn't been raining. The mystery of why there's water in ...

A two-time Caldecott Medal winner, she brought multiculturalism to children’s literature by evoking her Armenian heritage. By Clay Risen Nonny Hogrogian, an illustrator who mined her Armenian ...

As Chin basks in his Caldecott success, he feels “excited and thrilled” that author Andrea Wang received a Newbery Honor for Watercress too. (ALA’s dual recognition recalls 2016, when Matt ...

QUEEN: Merging etiquette has taken the royal spotlight lately, with readers opining on issues including whether drivers approaching the Caldecott Tunnel should move to the right as soon as the ...