On November 15, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security sent a swarm of U.S. Border Patrol agents into my home city of Charlotte, North Carolina. These masked agents targeted Charlotte’s Latino population, apprehending people in public spaces, such as supermarkets, busy streets, and even a church. The operation sparked a sense of fear that quickly spread throughout Charlotte’s Latino neighborhoods and caused many residents to stay home and keep their children out of school.

The ChLA Global Committee is delighted to welcome several new members: Dr. Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, Dr. Tharini Viswanath, Dr. Chengcheng You

In 2015, NHK released Fairy Tale Tribunal (Mukashi banashi hōtei 昔噺法廷), an educational TV series that put beloved characters from traditional Japanese fairy tales under legal scrutiny. Heroes who were long celebrated were now being accused of immoral behavior like revenge, violence, and dishonesty. This fresh look blurred the lines between good and evil, urging viewers to reconsider long-held moral views.

upcoming Children's Literature Association's Global South Speakers Series! Remembrance of Forgotten Pasts and Childhoods in Biksu: memory and a Hindi Graphic Memoir in Contemporary India

ChLA’s Global Committee seeks paper proposals that explore what it means to be a neighbor—helpful, harmful or otherwise—or to create, maintain, inhabit, or leave a neighborhood, particularly in a global context.

The International Youth Library invites international scholars to apply for its renowned fellowship programme

Please join us Friday, June 13th from 10:30 am - 11:45 am (EDT, UTC-4) for an exciting panel sharing ideas and build bibliographies of primary and secondary texts from around the world.

As an English professor with a specialty in children’s and young adult literature, I have taken a particular interest in children’s...

ICBD is a worldwide celebration of reading and children's literature meant to inspire and promote a love of children's books. In 2025, the day is sponsored by IBBY-Netherlands and the poster is made by two Dutch creators of children’s books. The theme of the day is: The freedom of imagination.

Pokémon—with their diminutive size, bright colors, and exaggerated features—seem to be the epitome of cute, specifically Japan’s notion of