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In this article, the author talks about childhood reading and allegorical elements of children's books. It mentions about the discussion of Facebook group called Jewish Kidlit Mavens members about their childhood reading of author C. S. Lewis's Narnia series. It also talks about author's reading of the book The Gift.

The article presents information related to children's literature legacy award acceptance in the U.S. It mentions about several children's book authors including Jane Gardam, Virginia Hamilton, Donald Crews and Anita Lobel. It also mentions about the relevance of the color of the headbands on a novel, the weight of the paper and moving an illustration or a line of text.

The article discusses a particular illustrator's favorite art medium, pencil sketching. The artist prefers to use the Berol Turquoise 2B pencil for her preliminary sketches. The article discusses the characteristics of that particular kind of pencil and includes her comments regarding pencil drawings.