Before we read the word, we read the world (Freire, 1970). Before children set foot in formal school settings, they are immersed in...

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

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

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

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...

A note on terminology: as one of the issues at stake was the ability of the Stuarts to unite their crowns under one polity, modern...

What should students read? The choice of texts in the classroom has important pedagogical implications for both novice and experienced...

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