Interviews with kids’ humor writers like Norton Juster, Louis Sacher, and Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) From the beginning, my kids liked funny. Funny movies, funny jokes (at least, funny to ...

When librarian Betsy Bird was working at the New York Public Library, kids wanted funny stories, and she had plenty to offer: There were books by men about boys having everyday adventures, books by ...

“Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian” (Random House, $26), by Avi Steinberg: In an era of Amazon, iPads and Kindles, it’s easy to forget the classic lure of the library ...

Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, creators of the Web comic Unshelved, are the comedic patron saints of the library world. Just go to any American Library Association or librarians’ conference and you will ...

From mystical artifacts to buried treasure, and from dragons to minotaurs and sorcerers — if it's even sort of magical — chances are good the Librarians have come across it. Everything is up for grabs ...