Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Before this week, illustrator Matthew Cordell had never seen a wolf in the wild. Yet the ...

A scene from Matthew Cordell's Caldecott-winning Wolf in the Snow for most distinguished American picture book for children.

Erin Entrada Kelly's Hello, Universe won the Newbery Medal for outstanding contribution to children's literature, and Matthew Cordell's Wolf in the Snow won the Caldecott Medal for most distinguished ...

“It’s still so incredibly exciting and oftentimes so unbelievable,” says Matthew Cordell about receiving the 2018 Caldecott Medal for his wordless picture book, Wolf in the Snow. His next book, King ...

The American Library Association announced its 2018 Youth Media Award winners Monday during its midwinter meeting in Denver. The annual awards honor books, video and audio for children and young ...

Matthew Cordell did not sleep well on Sunday night. He’d been in this position once before—as creator of a book (hello! hello!, Hyperion, 2012) that was getting some Caldecott buzz—and he dreaded the ...

Dozens of writers and illustrators earned some of the highest honors in children's literature at a joyous gathering hosted by the American Library Association in Denver on Monday. But just two managed ...