Once a year, Fabled Bookshop & Cafe hosts a Local Author Book Faire to showcase local authors to the Waco community. On Feb.

LONDON — British writer Allan Ahlberg, author of more than 150 children's books including classics like "Each Peach Pear Plum" and "The Jolly Postman," has died, his publisher said Friday. He was 87.

Children’s literature does far more than entertain. The right stories shape imagination, build emotional intelligence and help children make sense of the world long before they have the words for it.