“The Sleeping Gypsy” by Mordicai Gerstein, Holiday House, $16.95, ages 4-8. A Caldecott-winning author and illustrator offers a master class in art appreciation with this inspired imagining of the ...

Despite my nine years (and counting) of reading children’s books every day, I haven’t seen very many story-driven picture books that focus specifically on math. Because of this, I was genuinely ...