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The notebook
On the making of books.
Essays and notes from the house — on the writers we publish, the craft of the list, and the long life of a book.
History · On the archive
The slush-pile novel that became Judy Blume
How a first novel no one asked for began a career — and became a rule about reading everything.
Craft · On craft
Why Hatchet still works
Thirty-five years on, a survival story that refuses to age.
Design · On design
What a Caldecott actually rewards
Reading Paul Goble’s picture books as objects, not just stories.
Reading · On the list
Paula Fox, without a net
The unsentimental clarity that won the Newbery.
Craft · On craft
The dog who taught a generation to read
Henry and Mudge, and the quiet art of the early reader.