It is 1876, and in Philadelphia the opening of the Centennial Exposition, already delayed several times, is threatened by the fiendish Doctor Helvitius. This megalomaniac has kidnapped two children in ...

Lloyd Alexander, whose books for children set in mythic lands with modern-sounding problems won him top literary prizes, has died. He was 83. Alexander died Thursday at his home in Drexel Hill, Pa., ...

UPPER DARBY – The accomplishments of a famous Drexel Hill children’s author are being perpetuated by a man who never met him. Author and artist Lloyd Alexander was raised in Drexel Hill, attended ...

We still remember finishing the fourth of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, being shocked by Cedric Diggory’s murder, and realizing with satisfaction that Rowling was taking her phenomenally ...

It’s 50 years since Lloyd Alexander published the first book in his amazing Prydain Chronicles series — and to celebrate, the first book is getting an utterly beautiful new cover. We’ve got the ...

If I am to highlight one series of books, which I’ve read like a gazillion times over as a kid, I’m definitely pointing out The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. As some may well remember, the ...