When he was in the second grade, Bruce Hale had an idea for a monster book inspired by a moment when he and his friend were watching a horror movie. His father dressed up as a werewolf and scared the living daylights out of them. N...

At a recent workshop, an agent said that one of her authors decided to read 1,000 picture books this year, all of which were written in the past five years. While I’d love to jump on that bandwagon, I’m a big believer in setting ac...