The Bologna Children's Book Fair hosted a panel discussion exploring the crucial role that children's literature can play in educating and empowering young readers to become vocal advocates and change agents for a sustainable future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
A quarter century of a Gen X classic, a new children's literature museum opens, and yes everyone is trying to get you to play their crossword. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-01 20:48:47 UTC ]
The Cooperative Children's Book Center has released its annual statistics on diversity in children's literature, and the results are heartening: 40% of books published in 2022 have a BIPOC author, illustrator, or compiler. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Authors like Louisa May Alcott and A.A. Milne learned their success in children's literature didn't translate to respect for their art. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-27 10:33:00 UTC ]
The Center for Children's Literature at Bank Street College held a virtual event for the inaugural Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award on March 9. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The winners and honorees of the Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature have been announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Patricia MacLachlan, author of beloved children's literature including Sarah, Plain and Tall, died on March 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-04-06 10:54:45 UTC ]
Children's literature has come a long way, but many books still link girls with emotions and boys with tools. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2022-01-14 23:54:17 UTC ]
'A robust roadmap for the future of publishing,' the IPA's Bodour Al Qasimi says, needs a strong stance on children's literature and reading. The post IBBY Holds Its 37th Congress in Moscow and Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-13 12:14:13 UTC ]
Every primary school in England is to receive a free copy of Happy Here (Knights Of), a new anthology by 20 Black British writers and illustrators, as part of an initiative to improve teaching practices and improve representation in children's literature and publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-08 17:52:35 UTC ]
Adam & Eve/DDB collaborated with the children’s hospital to create a resource to help children recover from anxiety, loneliness and fear of the unknown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2021-09-08 10:55:23 UTC ]
At the turn of the 20th century, with few children's books featuring Black characters, one young editor implored his peers to 'Let us make the world know that we are living.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-02-05 13:08:13 UTC ]
Irish language author Áine Ní Ghlinn has been made the sixth Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s Children’s Literature Laureate. She is the first author who writes exclusively in Irish to be awarded the title. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-18 11:28:56 UTC ]
A new subscription service offering monthly deliveries of black children's literature has been launched in response to the lack of children’s books in the UK featuring BAME characters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-17 16:01:04 UTC ]
Since 2016, we've marked "World Kid Lit Month" each September, celebrating translations of children's literature into English. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-08 10:34:21 UTC ]