Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most is when a parent says their child read aloud for the first time from one of his books.

Books are an easy gift choice, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fresh.

The bus-loving Pigeon of children’s picture books fame is back on the move.

This cover image released by Random House Childrens Books shows "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster. The celebrated architect and childrens author who fashioned a special world of his own in The Phantom Tollbooth died at age 91. His death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children's Books. Juster's death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children's Books, who did not immediately provide details. “The funny thing is that many of the things I was thinking about for that book did find their way into ‘The Phantom Tollbooth,’" he wrote in 1999.