While the new administration takes aim at DEI initiatives, there’s one place where diversity is alive and well: Children’s literature. At a time when book bans are raging and the federal government is ...

Shawn Martinbrough, an illustrator and writer of superhero comics, steps back into the world of children’s publishing with his new book, reflecting on Black representation in the industry.

With its singsong refrain and sleepy-time theme, memorable characters and colorful illustrations, it’s one of the most popular children’s books of all time and still the perfect read to cozy up with ...

Years later, The Black Lives Matter movement inspired Lee to write the children's book she wanted so badly growing up. She recruited her best friend Megan Barr to hand paint the illustrations, and ...

Ann Teplick walks down halls both colorful and labyrinthine, a suitcase on wheels trailing behind her. She arrives at her ...

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

Alba de Céspedes’s book, a coming-of-age novel following eight young women in Rome, is perfect for fans of Elena Ferrante. “Blood on Satan’s Claw,” by Robert Wynne-Simmons, is a novel by ...

In 1967, a team including Jean-Paul Sartre put the US ‘on trial’ for its actions in Vietnam. Clive Webb’s Vietdamned surveys their efforts ...

Sales of graphic novels have doubled over the past five years, to some parents' dismay. But data shows these books can have a ...

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The Little House books, penned by Laura Ingalls Wilder, are based on her childhood experiences in the 19th-century American West. Initially published in the 1930s, they sparked the creation of the ...

Moss told Crump about the South African inspiration behind his short piece, "A Kalahari Eclogue", and the challenges of writing for a children's group of mixed ability together with symphony orchestra ...