Children Archive

This Is Not My Hat - I'm a huge fan of Jon Klassen’s first book, I Want My Hat Back. I’m not the only one. The New York Times chose “I Want My Hat Back” as the Best

Tintin - At some point in the mid-1970s, I decided that the comic book tales of “Tintin” should become a movie, and I launched inquiries into the rights. I never got to

Toot & Puddle - Forty years ago, a young illustrator with the unlikely name of Holly Hobbie created a little girl who looked like rag doll. American Greetings marketed the

What is God? - Our daughter is of the age to wonder why. And because the God Question is about the thorniest we expect to face, we have been looking for a

William Steig - “Shrek” --- yes, William Steig wrote and illustrated the book that led to the movie that became the marketing. But let's set that mega-hit aside, please, so we can look