Elizabeth, left, with Jenn Colella and Jonathan GroffElizabeth Law, currently Backlist Editor for Holiday House, and I have been fast friends since we met in 1980 in Zena's children's lit class at the University of Chicago. But in addition to her deep knowledge of and passion for children's books, Elizabeth...

The Horn Book Magazine asked Elizabeth Law, “What’s the strangest children’s book you’ve ever enjoyed?”When I was in nursery school, my favorite bedtime books were two my mother stole from the Unitarian Sunday School library, Martin and Judy, volumes II and III, by Verna Hills Bayley. I loved these books,...