There's something magical about a children's book that keeps pulling you back, no matter how many years pass. Maybe it's the ...

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...

It’s a universally familiar phrase. Ask any English-speaking adult or child, and they will recognize the label “goody two-shoes” as derogatory shorthand for an insufferable prude—but few remember how ...

Children's literature has become far more diverse in the past decade, helping more kids than ever to see themselves in their favorite books. Of the thousands of kids' and teens' books reviewed in a ...

Children’s books are bodies of work that thrive on specificity. With just the right use of humor, wit, and alliteration, authors like Theodor Seuss Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Margaret Atwood, among ...

Those innocent bedtime stories you lovingly read aloud night after night contained sophisticated adult themes that sailed right over young heads but spoke directly to your parental experiences and ...

This week is Children’s Book Week which aims to instill a lifelong love of reading in children. Our US intern Brittany Walters has tracked down six great books that tackle serious issues like HIV and ...