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Tanja Nathanael and Olivia Bushardt
Sep 7, 202314 min read
School in Children's & Young Adult Literature
For many, September means “Back to School!” In recent years, September has also been designated “World Kid Lit Month.” In celebration of...



Lara Saguisag
Sep 1, 20223 min read
“Never Forget”: Panel Discussion on Children’s Lit & Historical Revisionism in the Philippines
September 18-24, 2022 is Banned Books Week. Established in 1982 by the American Library Association, Banned Books Week is an annual...


Melanie Duckworth & Lykke Guanio-Uluru
Apr 12, 20224 min read
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....


Elizabeth L. Chapman & B.J. Epstein
Feb 3, 20224 min read
International LGBTQ+ Literature for Children & YA: Imports, Self-Publishing, & Good Intentions
In the autumn of 2021, International LGBTQ+ Literature for Children and Young Adults, an academic collection of essays that we edited...


Tanja Nathanael and Olivia Bushardt
Dec 22, 202011 min read
Christmas Around the World
The celebration of Christmas in Western culture is often assumed to take a certain form: singing holiday songs, trimming the tree, and...


Tanja Nathanael
Oct 30, 202010 min read
Fear & Wonder in the Literature of Childhood
Arguably, childhood is the period of our lives in which we first experience sensations of fear and wonder. Often these emotions are...


Tanja Nathanael
Jul 29, 202017 min read
Quarantine Comfort Reads
Without a doubt, today’s uncertain climate leaves many reaching for some kind of comfort amidst the crisis of the pandemic. The company...
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