31 July 2017
The lives and works of children's book creators can offer plenty of drama and intrigue even to the most grown-up of readers. Here we round up several recent and forthcoming titles that engage with the authors and illustrators behind classic children's literature, running the gamut from a biography of Maurice Sendak, a memoir on the pleasures of reading children's books as an adult, to a literary critique of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series.