Children's Literature

Did You Know That James Baldwin Wrote for Children, Too?

Quartez Harris on the Lasting Impact of “Little Man, Little Man” on Children’s Literature

 
By Quartez Harris  March 3, 2025
Children's Literature

Small Joys for Winter: 10 Great New Children’s Books to Read in February

By Caroline Carlson  February 3, 2025
Children's Literature

The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of 2025

By Caroline Carlson  January 2, 2025
Children's Literature

Bear It Somehow: Our Year in Family Reading

By Sara B. Franklin  December 11, 2024
Children's Literature

Ten Children’s Books To Read and Enjoy Before The Year Ends

By Caroline Carlson  December 2, 2024
Children's Literature

In Search of the Moomins in Helsinki: The Enduring Magic of Tove Jansson’s Characters

By Christiana Spens  November 20, 2024
Children's Literature

You Can Quote Me on That: On Finding Inspiration in the Language of Children’s Books

By Amy Gash  November 4, 2024
Children's Literature

Reading Aloud and Together: Ten New Children’s Books To Read Now

By Caroline Carlson  November 1, 2024
Children's Literature

Ten World-Spanning New Children’s Books Out in October

By Caroline Carlson  October 2, 2024
Children's Literature

A Fall Harvest of Titles for Kids and Teens: 10 Great New Children’s Books Out in September

By Caroline Carlson  September 3, 2024
Children's Literature

How Judy Blume’s Deenie Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

By Rachelle Bergstein  July 16, 2024
Children's Literature

What Does It Mean to Write Escapist Literature?

By Caroline Carlson  July 16, 2024
Children's Literature

10 Great New Children’s Books to Throw in Your Beach Bag

By Caroline Carlson  July 2, 2024
Children's Literature

Cursed Rats, Doll Dreams, and Latin American Folktales: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in June

By Caroline Carlson  June 3, 2024
Children's Literature

Finding a Home in Stories: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in May

By Caroline Carlson  May 2, 2024
Children's Literature

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in April

By Caroline Carlson  April 3, 2024
Children's Literature

Three Questions You Need to Answer as a Children’s Book Writer

By Mira Ptacin  March 11, 2024
Children's Literature

Spiders, Climate Change, and Wind: Ten Great New Children’s Books Out in March

By Caroline Carlson  March 5, 2024
Children's Literature

Do You Believe in Magic? On The Timeless Charm of Children’s Books

By Jane Mount  November 27, 2023
Children's Literature

Let the Kids Get Weird: The Adult Problem With Children’s Books

By Janet Manley  July 17, 2023
Children's Literature

In Defense of Whimsy, Nonsense, and Barbaric Balderdash in Children’s Books

By Tim DeRoche  January 24, 2023
Children's Literature

Hervé Tullet Reflects on a Career of Creating Creatively Unconventional Children’s Literature

By Hervé Tullet  December 21, 2022
Children's Literature

On Harold of the Purple Crayon and the Value of an Imaginative Journey

By Ross Ellenhorn  November 8, 2022
Children's Literature

Lynn Caponera on the Wild and Wonderful Legacy of Maurice Sendak

By Lynn Caponera  November 3, 2022
Children's Literature

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

By Brandon Shimoda  August 18, 2022
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