Picture books address an overwhelming need for the creation of empathy and exposure to a multitude of creators, viewpoints, cultures, and experiences. Joanna Rudnick’s STORY & PICTURES BY examines the power and reach of children’s picture books, taking a careful, thoughtful look at how the power of children’s picture books can foster literacy and spark creativity, while fomenting a more empathetic and diverse portrait of the world and our society in the minds of the next generation of its citizens.