My sister and I fought so bitterly over our copy of “Little Women” that our mother had to buy a second one. Obviously, we ...

Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids' lit — get ready to branch out.

I decided to sort books into 20 categories, identifying the single best of each. Because I couldn’t bear to shun the splendid titles that fell just short, you can find runners-up below each entry.

Beloved British author Allan Ahlberg, who penned more than 150 children’s books, has died at the age of 87 after a long career. Allan’s 1981 book Peepo saw the world from a baby’s point of ...