B&N: Curiosity and imagination are always at the center of your books. Begin Again is no exception, but it does have one major difference: this is the first book specified as all ages. Did this label change your process for creating the book? Oliver Jeffers: Not entirely. I think the first and most difficult part […]

There is nothing like a first best friend. This friend might be a classmate or a cousin or even a stuffed animal! In fact, for many of us, our first friend was not human. This is certainly the case for the kids featured in the following picture books. Each book tells the story of a […]

With Turkey Trot and Gingerbread Latte Season come and gone, even the most optimistic among us can turn a bit, well, gloomy. Indeed, all we have now are sub-zero temps, gray slush stacked on the curb, and black ice. If you’re curing your cabin fever by halfheartedly hanging St. Patrick’s Day decorations six weeks early, […]

It’s NOvember again. As in, “No, I won’t buy you that; it’s almost Christmastime!” or “No, you can’t eat that pumpkin pie until you’ve had at least one bite of your dinner.” Or, most commonly, “No, I will not be sharing my hard-earned Pumpkin Spice latte/muffin/cheesecake brownie. Go find your own!” Indeed, in a month […]