How Bizarre

The ballad of Chad and Theodora in Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon.

Barbarians at the Gate

A short history of architecture in The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton.

The Watery Part of the World

If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano and Erin E. Stead.

Spring Back

Three leafy new retellings.

B-Sides and Wild Rides

While editors slept.

Standing Down

Cookie the Walker by Chris Monroe.

Upon the Four Year Anniversary of This Most Reckless and Intemperate Endeavor

Ne’er-Do-Well

The writer’s life in Rapscallion Jones by James Marshall.

Robots, Arise!

Peeking between the algorithms in Doug Unplugged by Dan Yaccarino.

Then Everyone Was Quiet for a Really Long Time

The art of forgiveness in Maggie and the Pirate by Ezra Jack Keats.

The Stranger

A crocodile in full: John Jensen Feels Different by Henrik Hovland and Torill Kove.

God & Dog, Part V

Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton.