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Boots, Map, Swiper and Backpack all return too, in a new “Dora” that includes a lot more Latin music and Spanish language.

She explored the struggles of young women in the novel “The L-Shaped Room” but found her biggest success with a children’s book about a magical cupboard.

Her movies try to explain why Japan is the way it is, showing both the upsides and downsides of the country’s commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary school.

This month’s picks include a true story of hope and persistence, and Timothée Chalamet’s recent turn as Willy Wonka.

The tale behind a new museum of children’s literature is equal parts imagination, chutzpah and “The Little Engine That Could.”

She became an award-winning author of children’s books and young-adult novels despite debilitating health issues and the murder of her father.

Actor Penn Badgley reads the essay “Watching Them Watching Me” and reflects on the power of apologizing to your children.

Her winsome animal characters and their comic adventures expressed universal truths and feelings, rendered in a naïve and often surrealistic style.

This month’s picks include a space adventure from Richard Linklater and two critically acclaimed tales from Pixar.

The children’s theater company will bring its latest production, “It’s a Marvelous Paper Bag World!,” to stages in New York this spring.

She oversaw production of “Blue’s Clues” and drew on her childhood for “The Backyardigans,” in which five cartoon animals imagine their yard as a place of otherworldly adventure.

A range of films, many of them animated, some hilarious, some serious, bubble up at this year’s festival in New York, where kids can vote for awards.

Each season of the ABC sitcom employs about 150 children. Its core curriculum: schooling Hollywood in what a show with child actors can be.

The “Aya” series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa.

Her children’s books on matters of sex and sexuality — notably “It’s Perfectly Normal” — became fodder for the culture wars.

This month’s picks include a DreamWorks Animation film about the unpredictability of life and a fantastical mystery about hope.

For decades, the author of “In the Night Kitchen” and “The Nutshell Library” fortified himself with art and words.

Laurel Graeber, who has covered kids’ entertainment at The Times for nearly three decades, shared her favorite stories and interviews from the beat.