There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...

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Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss ...