A children’s book, “Sometimes Apart, Always in My Heart,” seeks to connect deployed military parents and their kids.

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

The United States has a new ambassador, not to a country but for children's books. The Library of Congress has named Mac Barnett its national ambassador for young people's literature. So what does ...

The Library of Congress has given Mac Barnett the job of promoting books and reading to kids across the country. His plan is to focus on picture... Are picture books undervalued? This new ambassador ...