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Solving the Case of the Childlike Adult in Detective Pikachu
Pokémon—with their diminutive size, bright colors, and exaggerated features—seem to be the epitome of cute, specifically Japan’s notion of

Rebecca Rowe
Dec 10, 20247 min read


The Epic Fantasy of the Colonization of Latin America: Logos & Knowledge in Liliana Bodoc’s Saga of the Borderlands
Young adult literature in Latin America (and particularly in Chile) has largely silenced the level of violence that the processes of coloniz

Isabel Ibaceta
Nov 20, 20249 min read


CFP: Postcolonial Children’s & YA Fantasy
CALL FOR PAPERS Postcolonial Children’s & YA Fantasy Special Issue of The Lion and the Unicorn Guest Editors: Naomi Wood, Kansas State...
Anuja Madan
Sep 22, 20223 min read


Mothers and Murderers in YA Dystopian Literature
In Christina Henry’s The Girl in Red (2019), a dystopian re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood, a pandemic called “the cough” strikes. The...
Malin Alkestrand
Dec 14, 20216 min read


Roverandom: Reinvestigating Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien is known to most readers for his work on Middle-earth novels like The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954). Both...
Bryana Fern
Sep 4, 20187 min read


An Interview with Faroese YA Author Rannvá Næs Hoydal
The following interview was conducted with Faroese author Rannvá Næs Hoydal via email in 2011. I had requested a review copy of her book...
Tanja Nathanael
May 17, 20186 min read
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