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Plants in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Plants are ubiquitous in children’s literature, yet as readers, we tend not to notice. American biologists J. H. Wandersee and E. E....
Melanie Duckworth & Lykke Guanio-Uluru
Apr 12, 20224 min read


Lecture: Towards an Affective Childist Literary Criticism
The Centre for Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Wrocław has the honor to...

Centre for Research on Children’s & YA Literature
Apr 7, 20222 min read

International Children's Book Day 2022
Join the ChLA International Committee in celebrating International Children's Book Day (ICBD) on April 2nd! About ICBD ICBD is a...
ChLA International Committee
Apr 2, 20223 min read


Lecture: Contemporary Ukrainian Children's Literature
The Centre for Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Wrocław has the honor to...
Centre for Research on Children’s & YA Literature
Mar 31, 20222 min read


Tracing the Role of the Empathetic Imagination in Trauma Recovery Using International Picture Books
In J. Roger Kurtz’s 2013 piece on the African moral imagination [1], he calls for a more cross-cultural understanding of trauma within...
Mikayla Sharpless
Mar 29, 20225 min read


Ukrainian Children’s Books to Watch For
For this post we are proud to showcase a selection of 12 international children’s books from and about Ukraine. Of particular interest is...
Tanja Nathanael
Mar 22, 20229 min read


ChLA Statement on Ukraine
The Children’s Literature Association strongly supports the International Research Society for Children’s Literature’s statement on...
ChLA Board of Directors
Mar 16, 20221 min read

Girls of Ice and Steel
A Russian teenage girl, in all of her heartrending vulnerability, recently grabbed the world’s attention. Kamila Valieva, Russia’s...
Jenny Kaminer
Mar 10, 20225 min read


Little Mole & Honey Bear: Reviving Historical Children’s Books with Jack Zipes
With this post, we welcome guest contributor Jack Zipes, professor emeritus of the University of Minnesota and founder of the publishing...
Jack Zipes
Feb 24, 20225 min read


Climate Lit: Children’s Literature for Climate Literacy and an Ecological Civilization
Climate change and its evil twin biodiversity loss are the first-ever planetary-scale existential challenge to humanity. This challenge...
Marek Oziewicz
Feb 15, 20225 min read
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