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We Picked the Top 25 Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. Then We Got Two Authors to Tell Us How We Did.

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. MAC BARNETT: Hi Jon. JON KLASSEN: Hi Mac. MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big ...
Los Angeles Times

In ‘Show Don’t Tell,’ Curtis Sittenfeld even treats cringey characters with humanity

Bestselling “Prep” and “Romantic Comedy” author Curtis Sittenfeld dwells in the comically awkward. In her utterly diverting collection of 12 short stories, “Show Don’t Tell,” she contemplates youthful ...
Publishers Weekly

Children’s Institute 2025: Behold, the Picture Book: PW Talks with Mac Barnett

The author of more than 60 books for young readers and 2011’s “Picture Book Manifesto” that challenged creators and their publishers to energize the category, Barnett became the 2025–2026 national ...
Slate

The Listed Judge Our List

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...