Children's Literature

How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

Ellen O'Connell Whittet on the Beloved Children's Author

 
By Ellen O'Connell Whittet  January 31, 2022
Children's Literature

The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

By Sara B. Franklin  December 1, 2021
Children's Literature

Imaginary Kingdoms: On the Power of Literature That Speaks to Children and Adults Alike

By Stephen Prickett  August 30, 2021
Children's Literature

Making the Tricky Switch From Writing Adult Literature to Children’s

By Pamela Erens  June 4, 2021
Children's Literature

How Ramona Quimby Taught a Generation of Girls to Embrace Brashness

By Rachel Vorona Cote  March 27, 2021
Children's Literature

A Utah school district says a book about a transgender boy is “inappropriate,” and we have questions.

By Vanessa Willoughby  February 12, 2021
Children's Literature

What 2020 Children’s Book Roundups Are Missing

By Sara B. Franklin  December 21, 2020
Children's Literature

Recreating Scenes From the 20th Century’s Most Iconic Bedtime Story

By Kate Bernheimer  October 27, 2020
Children's Literature

A Book to Conjure Nature, When We
Need It Most

By Jonny Diamond  October 26, 2020
Children's Literature

Ramona Quimby and the Art of Writing From a Kid’s Mind

By Annie Barrows  October 6, 2020
Children's Literature

21 Writers on Their Favorite Children’s Books

By Emily Temple  June 25, 2020
Children's Literature

How Children’s Books Can Help Parents Talk About Race

By Rachel Moss  June 12, 2020
Children's Literature

On the Darkness, Strangeness, and Unbridled Joy of Children’s Books

By Cara Hoffman  October 22, 2019
Children's Literature

Philip Pullman on Children’s Literature and the Critics Who Disdain It

By Philip Pullman  October 8, 2019
Children's Literature

On the Darkness at the Heart of Jamaica Kincaid’s Children’s Mystery

By Gabrielle Bellot  October 7, 2019
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