For many, September means “Back to School!” In recent years, September has also been designated “World Kid Lit Month.” In celebration of...

September 18-24, 2022 is Banned Books Week. Established in 1982 by the American Library Association, Banned Books Week is an annual...

Plants are ubiquitous in children’s literature, yet as readers, we tend not to notice. American biologists J. H. Wandersee and E. E....

In the autumn of 2021, International LGBTQ+ Literature for Children and Young Adults, an academic collection of essays that we edited...

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...

Without a doubt, today’s uncertain climate leaves many reaching for some kind of comfort amidst the crisis of the pandemic. The company...