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

In this post, I explore the possibilities of climate fiction by focusing on a Japanese animated film and its novelization, Tenki no Ko /...

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, a law professor from Yale, was the topic of intense debate about different parenting styles...

When we sent out the initial call for papers for our collection that’s now titled Storybook Worlds Made Real: Essays on the Places...

With this post we welcome Takami Nieda, translator of the award-winning debut novel by Chesil: The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the...

The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the Heart (2022) explores a young teen’s journey through crisis as she protests her treatment as...

For this post we are proud to showcase a selection of international children’s books in translation. We asked 11 translators of...

How does one celebrate Earth Day? One might plant a tree or write a poem. One might organize a community clean-up at a local park, beach,...

The celebration of Christmas in Western culture is often assumed to take a certain form: singing holiday songs, trimming the tree, and...

Arguably, childhood is the period of our lives in which we first experience sensations of fear and wonder. Often these emotions are...