Children’s book publishers were invited to submit up to 10 picture books published this year in the United States. The judges made their selections from the nearly 800 books we received, by authors and illustrators around the world, purely on the basis of artistic merit.

The Library will host children's author and illustrator Matthew Cordell in the Slidell Branch on Nov. 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. He is the Caldecott Medal-winning author and

In its 72nd year of highlighting children’s books, the New York Times Book Review and the New York Public Library have announced the 10 winners of the Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award.